Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1992
Christie became a starter midway through his sophomore year, a magical season in which the Deacons advanced to the Final Four. He went on to average in double figures as both a junior and senior, serving as co-captain of the 1964 team and leading that club in both scoring and field-goal percentage.
He was an All-ACC first-team pick as a senior and was named to the ACC All-Tournament team. For his career, Christie recorded exactly 1,000 points and exactly 600 rebounds, becoming one of only 23 Deacons in the 1,000 point/500 rebound club.
Christie also excelled for two years as a pitcher for Wake Forest, winning seven of eight decisions as a junior and senior. In 1963, he was 4-0 for Wake Forest's ACC Championship team.
When he agreed to come to Wake Forest, Christie was one of only three athletes in Ohio high school history to earn all-state honors in both basketball and football.
The 6-4 native of Marietta, Ohio, had been the quarterback on the 1959 All-America High School football team.
Christie was inducted into the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame on Jan. 18, 1992.
He passed away at his home in King, N.C., on Oct. 20, 1992 following a brief illness. He was 50 years old.
