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…
Recognized as one of the greatest athletes to ever play in the Hampton Roads area, Ken Easley was a multiple sport star at Chesapeake’s Oscar Smith High School. The talented athlete played football at this school from 1973-1977 and was…
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…
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…
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…
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 &…
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.…
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…
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…
William & Mary has graduated many outstanding football players over the years and Lou Creekmur, selected in 1949 as an All-Southern Tackle for the Indians, is classed as one of the best ever to play for the great gold. Lou…