WRESTLING
A.B. Whitfield, Elizabeth City State
All-CIAA champion …former tight end with the Dallas Cowboys
Haynes, Johnny, Winston-Salem State
Ladd, Ernie, Grambling State
McLinaham, James O., Winston-Salem State
Sanders, Verdell, Winston-Salem State
Whitfield, Argyle B., Elizabeth City State
Ernie ‘Big Cat’ Ladd, Grambling State
All-SWAC football star at Grambling State …he won an American Football League championship with the San Diego Chargers. Ladd later became a marquee professional wrestler