Nick Sacrinty (1982) - Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame

Nick Sacrinty

Induction:
1982

Nick Sacrinty was a member of the Deacon football team from 1943-1946 and in each of those seasons earned All-Southern Conference honors as tailback in the single wing. In the Gator Bowl of Jan. 1, 1946, he scored Wake Forest's first touchdown and was named Most Valuable Player in the 1947 East-West All-Star game. He is a member of the Gator Bowl Hall of Fame and the East-West Hall of Fame.

Some of Sacrinty's records still remain among the top, including the longest punt return in Wake Forest history (94 yards for a touchdown) and one game against Clemson in 1945 when he had four interceptions.

Sacrinty starred on the Wake Forest team that achieved the school's best all-time record, 8-1 in 1944. Many people consider that one of the best Deacon teams, but Sacrinity himself leaned towards the 1945 club, which went 5-3-1 and played in the first Gator Bowl against South Carolina.

After leaving Wake Forest, he spent the 1947 season with the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He left football after that season to attend Bowman Gray medical school from 1948-52 to become a physician.

Nick Sacrinty was inducted into the Wake Forest University Sports Hall of Fame on September 25, 1982.