Joseph “Buddy” Lex was born February 23, 1926 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was an outstanding high school athlete at Newport News High School, making all-state in basketball and football including all-southern in football. In 1944-45, Lex was in the army…
George S. Hughes is a former William & Mary and National Football League star lineman. When notified he had been nominated to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame he said, “It’s quite a thrill. Football has been a wonderful thing…
A native of Norfolk, Calvin Jacox served for 25 years as a columnist and later sports editor for the Journal & Guide, at one time the largest African-American publication south of Washington D.C. He is remembered as a crusader in…
Chandler Harper has won 7 championships on the pro golf tour and has finished second in 13 others. His most prestigious victory was the National PGA Championship in 1950, at the time still a match play tournament. Much of the…
Yogi Hightower Boothe attended Kempsville High School in Virginia Beach where she emerged as a multi-sport star excelling in basketball and as a member of the United States Junior Olympic swimming team. Hightower-Boothe was then recruited to Old Dominion University…
Robert Lee ”Bob” Holland, of Virginia Beach, is the only surfer to win the coveted United States Surfing Championships on all three continental coasts. He won his first U.S. Championship in Huntington Beach, California in 1967 in the senior men’s…
Charles “Lefty” Driesell is a native of Norfolk, Virginia and a 1954 graduate of Duke University, where he played on the nation’s 10th ranked team as a senior. Driesell received his master’s degree from William and Mary in 1961, and…
James Driver was a native of Harrisonburg. He won letters in four sports at William and Mary and at the University of Virginia in football, basketball, baseball and track. During one year, he was captain of all four teams. He…
Jim Ducibella, born in Washington, D.C., graduated from Xavier University in 1974. He completed his masters in Print Journalism, graduating from Marquette University in 1976. Before attaining a job with the Virginia Pilot, Ducibella previously wrote for the Milwaukee Journal…
Tom Duquette of Virginia Beach garnered much attention on the lacrosse field at the University of Virginia. As a standout freshman attackman for the Cavaliers, Duquette led the ACC in scoring with 24 goals and 23 assists. He earned All-American…