Tommy Greene played baseball for Whiteville High School then went on to become a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1989-1995 and 1997. He pitched for the Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Houston Astros. In 1990 Tommy Greene was pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. He[…]
Jasper David Davis, Jr. was born on January 5, 1918 in Wilson, North Carolina, the oldest of five children. In 1937 he graduated from Charles L. Coon High School where he was a three sport athlete, playing football, basketball and baseball He attended Duke University on a football scholarship. While[…]
Jack Holley was born on August 15, 1938, in Ashton, North Carolina, Pender County. He moved from Pender County to New Hanover County around the age of three. Jack Holley has been married for 43 years to Judy Wells Holley, and has three children and four grandchildren. Jack has been[…]
William J. “Bill” Brooks is widely credited with the establishment of the athletic program at UNCW, taking the Seahawks from their early junior college beginnings to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and finally, to NCAA Division I status. One of his major accomplishments came in 1985 when UNCW[…]
Althea Gibson is a woman of many firsts. She become the first black athlete-male or female-allowed into United States Lawn Tennis Association tournaments. She was the first African American to win a Wimbledon singles title, the first to play at the U.S. Open in Forest Hills, N.Y., and the first[…]
