Bobby Hodges
Basketball + Football
Inducted: 1993
- Native of Kinston, NC
- Star basketball and football player at East Carolina in 1950s
- Selected NAIA All-American in both sports
- Basketball center and football end at 6 ft. 6 in., 225 lb
- Scored 2,018 points, averaging 26.7 ppg as a senior
- Caught 10 touchdown passes his senior season
- Drafted by the NBA’s Philadelphia Warriors in 1954 but elected to join the Airforce
- Served as commissioner of North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles
