WRESTLING
A.B. Whitfield was a CIAA champion at Elizabeth City State and later a tight end with the Dallas Cowboys
Haynes, Johnny, Winston-Salem State
Ladd, Ernie, Grambling State
McLinaham, James O., Winston-Salem
Sanders, Verdell, Winston-Salem State
Whitfield, Argyle B., Elizabeth City State
Ladd, Ernie, Grambling State
McLinaham, James O., Winston-Salem
Sanders, Verdell, Winston-Salem State
Whitfield, Argyle B., Elizabeth City State
Ernie ‘Big Cat’ Ladd was a 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