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Class of 2005 |
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Tommy Barnhardt |
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William Brady |
 William
Brady has been a volunteer at the Charlotte Rehabilitation Hospital
since 1983. From
1980-98, Brady was a member of the Charlotte Wheelchair Hornets Basketball Team,
the 1986 Gold Medalist for the Pan-American Games, the 1990 Gold Medalist
for the
Pan-American Games, the 1991 Gold Medalist for the World Championships
and the 1994
World Record Holder for the Pentathlon in which Brady represented the
United States in eight
International track and field events. |
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Kenny Holt |
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Robert "Lope" Linder |
 Recipient of the Horace
Billings Lifetime Achievement AwardLope Linder was an outstanding athlete at Boyden High School. He attended Catawba College where he earned six letters in football and baseball. He started on both offense and defense for three seasons in football. In 1951, he received Honorable Mention All-State honors and was voted the team’s Most Valuable Player in 1952. He earned All-North State Conference honors in 1959 and was also voted Rowan County Coach of the Year (football). He had a distinguished 36-year career as a teacher and coach and in 1994 he was inducted into the Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame. |
Kenny
Holt was a four year starter in basketball at Price and Boyden High
Schools. Both teams
combined a 77-9 record. His sophomore season he led the county in scoring with a
23.1 ppg average. During his junior and senior seasons at Boyden
High School his teams had a record of 51-1, winning
the WNC/HSAA both seasons. He scored a total of 1,441 points in his career,
which was an
all-time Rowan County record at the time. In 1970-71 he was a basketball
honorable mention for the All-American team. In addition, Holt quarterbacked
the Boyden football team
for two years, with a record of 18-3-2. He was a standout quarterback at
Florida A & M University compiling 18 rushing touchdowns and another 18
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Barry Moore |
 Barry
Moore was a star pitcher for West Rowan High and Rowan County
American Legion baseball. Moore struck out 24 Concord batters,
including final 18 outs, during an American Legion game on June 16,
1961. Moore also pitched a no-hitter against Thomasville in the
American Legion playoffs on June 26, 1961. Moore signed a pro
contract with the Washington Senators in 1962, hurled a one-hitter for
the Senators in 1967 against the Twins, threw 12 career no-hitters at different levels,
appeared in 140
major league games and pitched 599 innings with the Senators,
Indians and White Sox. He won 26 games as a major leaguer, compiling an
ERA of 4.16. |
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Susan Saunders |
 Susan
Saunders was the most honored
female tennis player in Rowan County history in 1985, ’86 and ’87.
She was the North Carolina Girls 1A/2A State Champion (Salisbury High
School) and two time North Carolina 2A Tennis
Player of the Year. She finished her high school career with a 104-5
record and won
all 74 of her matches since her freshman season. She was a two-time High
School All-American tennis player, captain of the N.C. State
University Women’s Tennis team and chosen to play on the National Wightman Cup
Women’s team. She also went on to play one year of pro tennis.
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Johnny Yarbrough |
 Johnny
Yarbrough starred
in football, baseball and basketball at East Rowan High School. He
was the Rowan
County career record-holder with 2,862 receiving yards and led East to WNC/HSAA football title and 13-0 record in 1969.
He was the county football
scoring leader with 84 points in 1970, named to the Coach and Athletic
Magazine All-American football team in 1970 and starred on the Rowan County
American
Legion baseball state championship teams in 1969 and 1971. He earned
a football scholarship to Tennessee and caught 56 passes for 776 yards
and six touchdowns during his career. He had a 9-3 pitching record in two seasons
with the Volunteers baseball team. |
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Carlton E. Pete Stout |
 Carlton
E. Pete Stout was a legendary football coach at Salisbury High
School, Burlington
Williams High School, Catawba College and Morganton Freedom High
School. He led the
Salisbury High School Hornets for ten years, posting a 83-20-10 record.
He won
two outright WNC/HSAA Championships and one co-title. He coached
Burlington Williams High School to back-to-back North Carolina 3A titles in 1981
and ’82.
He was runner-up in 1984 and his teams won 43 straight games at one
stretch. In 1981, he was named High School Coach of the Year. He posted a career High
School coaching record of 234-63-14 and in 1978 was inducted into
the Catawba
College Sports Hall of Fame. |
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Nominate
Teams or Individuals To submit on an individual for committee review for 2007, please do the following:
Please
click on the Hall of Fame Application (pages 1-4) links below to
print forms and mail to: Visit the Parks and Recreation Administrative Offices at the City Office Building, 132 N. Main Street, Downtown Salisbury, to obtain a printed form and return to this same location.
Hall
of Fame Application Page 1
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Salisbury Parks & Recreation Department 132 North Main Street, Salisbury, NC 28144