Athletic Department
Ralph E. Wilson
Year Inducted: 1984
Category: Football
- A leading member of three Carolinas Conference championship football teams- 1945 (10-1-0), 1946 (10-2-0), 1947 (11-1-0) and a member of Catawba's two Tangerine Bowl Championship teams of 1946 &
1947
- Football All-Conference, All-State, Little All-American as a center, Most Valuable Player on Catawba team, 1948
- Head football coach and athletic director at Glen Alpine, N.C. High School for 25 years (1948-73) and at Freedom High School, Morganton, N.C. for nine years (1973-82). Career coaching record is
297-91-10. Coached unbeaten teams in 1963, 1964, 1965. Also coached varsity basketball 24 years, baseball 15, and track 10.
- On retirement from coaching in 1982, was winningest active high school football coach in North Carolina and sixith in the nation. Named "Coach of the Year" eight times and was assistant coach on
1965 Shrine Bowl Team. Coached in four North South All-Star games, one East West All-Star game and one Lion Bowl game. His teams won six of the seven games.
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| 1 September 1 Volleyball vs. MONTEVALLO 3-2 | 2 September 2 Cross Country in CHICK-FIL-A INVITE W-2nd; M-3rd Tennis (M) @ Belmont Abbey Individual Tourn. Volleyball vs. BELMONT ABBEY 1-3 Volleyball vs. CHOWAN 3-0 Soccer (M) vs. ERSKINE 1-2 | |||||
| 3 September 3 Soccer (W) @ Barton 2-0 | 4 | 5 | 6 September 6 Soccer (M) vs. MOUNT OLIVE 1-3 Soccer (W) vs. LIMESTONE 1-3 | 7 | 8 September 8 Cross Country @ Lenoir-Rhyne Invite W-3rd,M-3rd Volleyball @ Winston-Salem St. 0-3 | 9 September 9 Tennis (W) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 1) Tennis (M) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 1) Football @ VMI 27-20 Soccer (M) @ Belmont Abbey 0-4 |
| 10 September 10 Tennis (W) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 2) Tennis (M) @ Wingate Individual Tourn. (Day 2) Soccer (W) vs. FLAGLER 0-4 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 September 15 Volleyball @ Mars Hill 3-1 | 16 September 16 Volleyball vs. TUSCULUM 2-3 Soccer (M) vs. MARS HILL 0-1 Football @ UNC Pembroke 41-9 Soccer (W) vs. MARS HILL 4-0 |
| 17 | 18 September 18 Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 1 (Club at Irish Creek) | 19 September 19 Golf (M) @ Queens Inv. - Day 2 (Club at Irish Creek) 11th of 16 Volleyball @ Lenoir-Rhyne 0-3 | 20 September 20 Soccer (W) @ Newberry 2-1 Soccer (M) @ Newberry 2-4 | 21 | 22 September 22 Volleyball @ Lincoln Memorial 1-3 | 23 September 23 Cross Country @ Bulldog Stampede W-5th;M-9th Golf (W) @ Battle at Old South - Day 1 (Old South GC) Soccer (W) @ Coker 3-0 Volleyball @ Carson-Newman 0-3 Football vs. MARS HILL 37-13 Soccer (M) @ Coker 2-1 |
| 24 September 24 Golf (W) @ Battle at Old South - Day 2 (Old South GC) 15th of 18 | 25 September 25 Golf (M) @ King Inv - Day 1 (CC of Bristol) | 26 September 26 Golf (M) @ King Inv - Day 2 (CC of Bristol) 8th of 10 Tennis (W) @ Pfeiffer 9-0 Volleyball vs. ANDERSON 0-3 | 27 September 27 Tennis (M) @ Pfeiffer 7-2 Soccer (W) vs. USC AIKEN 5-0 | 28 | 29 September 29 Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1) Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 1) Cross Country @ Royals Challenge W-13th;M-14th Volleyball vs. QUEENS 0-3 | 30 September 30 Tennis (W) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2) Tennis (M) @ SE ITA Championships (Day 2) Football @ Carson-Newman 18-31 Volleyball vs. WINGATE 0-3 Soccer (W) vs. GEORGIA COLLEGE 1-3 Soccer (M) vs. LANDER 3-6 |
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