J. Stokeley Fulton received little All-American honors in 1954 as a center on the Hampden Sydney College football teams. In addition to his excellence on the football field, Fulton served as president of the student body and was awarded with…
William Fuller retired as one of the top 20 all-time sack leaders with four Pro-Bowl selections, and it’s no wonder the NFL Houston Oilers eagerly signed William Fuller at the dissolution of the United States Football League. A native of Chesapeake, Virginia,…
Hank Foiles was born in Richmond in 1929. He moved with his family in 1933 to Norfolk where he entered Granby High School in 1944, starring in football, baseball, basketball and track. He earned 3 letters in football, 4 letters…
Dr. Harrison Fitzgerald Flippin was born October 26, 1906. He attended the Episcopal High School in Alexandria, where he was head monitor, captain of the football team, and participated actively in baseball, basketball, and track. At the time of his…
Dick Fletcher is one of the truly outstanding sports celebrities in the history of Virginia Sports. He attended Penn State University and the University of Chattanooga. He had just turned twenty-one when he was signed as head football coach at…
William Beattie Feathers is considered a legend at the University of Tennessee, where he was named All-American in football. He played at Virginia High of Bristol and was considered one of the finest high school football players in the Old…
Donna Floyd Fales was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1940 and moved to Arlington, Virginia in 1953. By the age of 14, she was the top ranked 15 and under tennis player in the United States while winning the U.S.…
A native of Newport News, Virginia, Faison attended Huntington High School where he starred in football, basketball and track. He was State champion in shot-put and discus from 1954 to 1957. During this same period, Faison was named to the…
The late Karl A. “Dick” Esleeck is the holder of one of the finest coaching records in the history of the Virginia High School League. Perhaps the greatest achievement by Esleeck before cancer claimed his life in 1952 was coaching…
Suey Eason was born on April 19, 1907 in South Norfolk, Virginia and enjoyed a successful sports career at South Norfolk High School. He enrolled at the College of William and Mary in 1924, where he was an outstanding football…