Julius Conn
If any man has ever truly been a living legend it is Julius Conn, Virginia’s premier track and basketball coach at Newport News High School for over 40 years. A native of Newport News and one of seven children, Julie…
James Carroll Colston
James "Carroll" Colston is an Iowa native, and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1955. He served in Korea with the U. S. Army, where he began his career as a radio broadcaster with the Armed Forces Radio Service. After…
Bill Cochran
Bill Cochran, a lifetime resident of Roanoke, is this year’s media inductee. Cochran began writing about the outdoors while at William Fleming High School. Following his graduation from Lynchburg College in 1960, his byline appeared more than 300 times in…
James “Jim” Coates
James A. “Jim” Coates was born in Farnham, Virginia on August 4, 1932. He played baseball in high school and Semi-Pro ball in Lively, Virginia. He began his baseball career as a pitcher with the Chesapeake League in the 1940’s. …
Jack Cloud
Jack Cloud is a native of Norfolk, Virginia where he starred in football at Maury High School. He entered the Air Force after graduation and served as a gunner for three years before entering college. While playing for William &…
Gary Clark
Gary Clark was born and raised in Pulaski, Virginia. He attended Pulaski County High School and lettered in three sports—football, track, and baseball before heading to James Madison University in Harrisonburg, where he played Division I-AA football. As the Dukes’…
Lynn P. Chewning
Lynn Chewning was born in Columbia, South Carolina on February 28, 1926 and moved to Richmond, VA in 1931. He attended Westhampton High School and Saint Christopher’s Prep School. The Richmond native was selected in football to the 1942 All-City…
Christopher T. Chenery
Prominent in the world of horse racing, the stable founded by Chenery more than sixty years ago is still widely renowned for breeding and training thoroughbreds. Becoming remarkably successful in the business of public utilities allowed Chenery the luxury of…
Joseph “Scrap” Chandler
Joseph C. “Scrap” Chandler was a native of Guinea in Caroline County and later resided in Norfolk, Virginia. He was an outstanding athlete at William & Mary and after his graduation in 1924, he devoted 44 years to coaching in…
William “Bill” Chambers Jr.
Bill Chambers was born on December 13, 1930 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He began his basketball career at Lynchburg’s E.C. Glass High School where, in his senior year, he was center on an undefeated (22-0) State Championship team. Chambers went on…