Penelope Anderson McBride
Penelope Anderson McBride’s love affair with the game of tennis began at the age of eight. She started hitting a tennis ball against the back of the house in Richmond, Virginia, where she began to blossom into one of the…
Lee McLaughlin
McLaughlin was an all-around athlete at John Marshall High School in Richmond, where he was an all-state selection, winning a football scholarship to Virginia for his outstanding play. McLaughlin gained fame at University of Virginia for his outstanding play as…
William “Bill” Merner
William “Bill” Merner was born January 31, 1915 in Palmerville, North Carolina moving to Hopewell, VA at an early age and graduated from Hopewell High School in 1934. He played football for the Blue Devils from 1931 to 1934. Merner…
Edwin Merrick
Ed Merrick, both as a player and coach, became a legend at the University of Richmond. He entered Richmond as a freshman in 1936 and started off playing football, basketball and baseball. He was named All-State in football in 1938-1939…
Wallace Frank Messer
From the very beginning of the romance between microphone and Frank Messer, there was, appropriately enough, a Marine-like precision in the way his sonorous tones came over the airways. The tall North Carolinian, who served the Marine Corps from 1942-1945,…
Brian Jordan
Brian Jordan, a native of Baltimore, entered the University of Richmond in 1985. As a three-year starter at cornerback for Spiders football, he earned All-Conference and All-State honors his junior and senior years. He ranks fifth all-time for career interceptions…
George Lacy
George Lacy lettered in football, basketball and baseball at the University of Richmond. He was captain of the football and basketball squads his senior year in 1935-36, and was selected to the All-State basketball team three times. In 1934-35, he…
Laurence Leonard, Jr.
Laurence Leonard was a longtime sports editor of the Richmond News Leader from 1947 to 1968. During his tenure, the Richmond area watched local sports go beyond high school competition. Leonard began his promotion of local sports in North Carolina,…
Jerry Lindquist
In the writing world, there is quantity in the number of stories a writer can produce every year, and there is quality in the certain degree of excellence in those stories. In modern journalism, it is rare to find a…
