Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame

Elmer Barbour
Elmer Barbour
  • Induction:
    2003
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Elmer Barbour was an outstanding football player for Wake Forest from 1941-44.

Barbour came to Wake Forest after earning all-state honors at Durham High School. He was switched to blocking back in the single-wing system and served as co-captain of the 1943 team and captain of the 1944 club.

He was named to the All-Southern Conference team in 1943 and 1944 and received the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the SoCon's best blocker in 1944. "Bullet" Barbour was also considered an outstanding linebacker.

As a senior, Barbour helped lead Wake Forest to an 8-1 record in 1944. A first-round draft pick of the New York Giants, he played three games for the club in 1945. He returned to Wake Forest as an assistant coach from 1956-60.

Barbour was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.

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