Wake Forest Athletics
Bob Bartholomew Among Group To Be Inducted Into NC Hall
1/5/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Jan. 5, 2006
RALEIGH -- The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame has selected 10 outstanding North Carolina sports figures for induction into the Hall in 2006, including two - Charlie Bryant and the late Bob Bartholomew - with Wake Forest connections.
Bartholomew excelled on the football fields from Rocky Mount to Canada before a knee injury ended his playing career in 1956. He earned All-State honors at Rocky Mount High School and was a three-time All-ACC selection at Wake Forest. The Deacons' captain was named a first team All-America in 1954. He returned to Wake Forest in 1957 and served 16 years as the Executive Director of the Deacon Club. Bartholomew died in 1984.
Bryant's athletic career spanned nearly 50 years from a High Point High School basketball star on the 1950 state championship team to executive director for the Wolfpack Club at NC State upon his retirement in 1997. He also spent several years as a successful college assistant basketball coach for teams that won a combined total of nine ACC championships. He was a member of Bones McKinney's staff at Wake Forest when the Deacons won the 3rd place NCAA trophy. Bryant also worked with Everett Case and Press Maravich at NC State University.
Bobby Vaughan of Elizabeth City, president of the Hall, praised the individuals for their achievements at all levels of sports.
"These ten men and women have brought honor to our state both locally and nationally," said Vaughan. "Honoring individuals who have excelled outside the boundaries of the playing field, in addition to those who played the games, makes our NC Sports Hall of Fame very special."
The 2006 inductees include the following: • Charlie Adams of Chapel Hill • The late Bob Bartholomew of Winston-Salem • Dave Bristol of Andrews • Charlie Bryant of Cary • The late Darrell Floyd of Thomasville • Ron Green, Sr. of Charlotte • Bob Harris of Durham • Steve Jones of St. Louis, MO and formerly of Sanford • The late Simon Terrell of Chapel Hill • Deborah A. Yow of College Park, MD and formerly of Gibsonville
The 10 will be enshrined at the 43rd annual induction ceremony in Raleigh on May 11, 2006. The inductees will be introduced at an afternoon news conference at the N.C. Museum of History. Formal induction will come during an evening banquet at the North Raleigh Hilton. Banquet ticket information is available from the NC Sports Hall of Fame in Raleigh at 919 852-4396 or at the Hall's website (www.ncshof.org).
The N.C. Sports Hall of Fame, with 233 members, was established in 1963 and is housed in the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. The 4,000 square foot exhibit includes sports memorabilia ranging from a Richard Petty race car to the Homestead Grays' uniform worn by the late Walter "Buck" Leonard, who played baseball in the Negro National League, to the NBA Championship Ring of Boston Celtics star Cedric "Cornbread" Maxwell.
The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and on Sunday from noon until 5:00 p.m. Admission to the Museum is free.
