The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame has created a new program to recognize and honor Great Moments in North Carolina Sports History. “Great Moments” highlights special accomplishments by both individuals and teams through the years.

A special panel choose from a list of 20 "Great Moment" in sports history in North Carolina, the most significant as candidates for our first-ever award.

You are invited to participate by helping to choose the first winner from the top five “Great Moments” previously selected in 2010 as listed below:

May 8, 1953
The Atlantic Coast Conference was voted into existence at Sedgefield Inn in Greensboro with seven charter members.

March 23, 1957
North Carolina defeated Kansas and Wilt Chamberlain to win the NCAA basketball championship with a 32-0 record.

February 10, 1962
North Carolina’s Jim Beatty became the first man in the world to break the 4-minute indoor mile (3:58.9) at Los Angeles     

March 9, 1974
No. 1-ranked N.C. State defeated Maryland in “the greatest college basketball game ever played” for an NCAA berth.

April 4, 1983
In what some regard as the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history, N.C. State beat Houston for the national title.

 Please follow the directions provided and vote for your choice (one vote only) from which the winner will be chosen.  Click here to vote.  The first-ever “Great Moment” will be unveiled at the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame Sports Gala hosted by the North Carolina History Museum Associates on May 11, 2011.

Click here for a more detailed description of the top five events listed above