Linwood Wray Carlton was a famous 3-sport athlete at Wallace, NC High School. Wray scored 6 touchdowns in a single game as an All-State tailback, scored 48 points in a basketball game, and was good enough as a baseball shortstop to be offered a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He[…]
Charles “Hoss” Ellington, better remembered as a Winston Cup car owner, enjoyed a few good years as a race car driver himself. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, he moved to Wilmington in 1961 and began racing on local dirt tracks where he won 17 out of 21 races. He qualified[…]
Clyde Simmons (Clyde Simmons) was born on August 4, 1964 in Lanes, South Carolina. After going to high school at New Hanover High School, Simmons attended Western Carolina University. Simmons made his professional NFL debut in 1986 with the Philadelphia Eagles. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Chicago Bears, Jacksonville[…]
Cathy Johnston Forbes was born in High Point, North Carolina but spent a lot of time in Wilmington, North Carolina where her father, Johnny Johnston, worked as golf pro for Echo Farms Golf & Country Club. She started playing golf at the age of seven, winning her first tournament at[…]
George “Buck” Hardee began his life, as well as his sports career in Whiteville. In 1943, he was the sparkplug of a Whiteville American Legion team that went to the national finals. Buck compiled a .657 average for the campaign and was declared the Legion Batting champion. He graduated from[…]
