HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2011
2011 Hall of Fame Inductees:
- Coach Eddie Martin (Basketball) Norcross High School
- Ted Roof (Football) Central Gwinnett High School
- George Rogers (Football) Duluth High School
- Mary Ellen Blanchard Warta (Swimming) Norcross High School
- Posthumous inductees – Ivey Wingo (Baseball) Norcross High School
- Absalom (Red) Wingo (Baseball) Norcross High School
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ABSALOM (RED) WINGO
Hall of Fame Class 2011Norcross High School, Class of 1916 Baseball
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- Played six major league seasons, five with Detroit
- Career .308 hitter; hit .370 in 1925
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- Member of only outfield in major league history to have all three members hit .370 or higher in one season
- Fellow Detroit outfielder in 1925 withTy Cobb
COACH EDDIE MARTIN
Hall of Fame Class 2011Norcross High SchoolBasketball
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- Outstanding basketball player at Central Gwinnett HS
- Holds single game total of 48 points at Central Gwinnett HS
- Averaged 27.0 points at Central during the 1973-74 season
- Gwinnett County Player of the Year 1974
- Head coach of five Georgia state championship teams in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011, finished as state runner-up in 2005
- USA Today, ranked a Martin team as the #2 high school basketball program in the nation
- Team featured in ESPN national broadcast 2006, 2007, 2008
- March 2008, Norcross team won a third consecutive state title, a milestone no team has met since 1938-1940
- Has coached 40+ players that have gone on to play college ball
- Has coached 3 players who are currently playing in the NBA
- Recorded 600th career win, Feb. 2011
- Longtime Gwinnett basketball coach, current Buford coach Eddie Martin announces retirement
- Longtime Gwinnett coach Eddie Martin joins Mill Creek boys basketball coaching staff
- Eddie Martin Named to Georgia Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
- Hall of Famers: Eddie Martin, Tony Wolfe honored by GACA
COACH TED ROOF
Hall of Fame Class 2011Central Gwinnett High School, Class of 1982Football
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- Outstanding football player at Central Gwinnett HS
- 1982 Gwinnett County Defensive Player of the Year
- Earned 13 varsity letters while at Central Gwinnett
- Inducted into Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1998
- Three-year starter at linebacker with 417 career tackles
- 1985 First-Team All-ACC selection
- Made 25 tackles, second-best in Tech history vs. Tennessee in 1985
- Defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, Auburn University
- Head coach Duke University
- BSC Championship Auburn 2010
- Gwinnett native Ted Roof hired as Oklahoma Sooners defensive coordinator
- Gwinnett Native Ted Roof Named Central Florida Defensive Coordinator
GEORGE ROGERS
Hall of Fame Class 2011Duluth High School Football
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- Won 1980 Heisman Trophy as a senior at South Carolina
- Won a Super Bowl ring with the Washington Redskins in 1987
- Finished seven-year NFL career with 7,176 yards rushing and 54 Touchdowns
- Won NFL rushing title as a rookie with 1,674 yards
- Had four 1,000-yard rushing seasons in pro career
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- Finished with school record 5,204 career rushing years at South Carolina
- Rushed for 1,781 yards and 14 TDs as senior with Gamecocks
- First-team All-American selection in 1979 and 1980
- Rushed for a then-county record of 2,286 yards for Duluth in 1975
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- FCA Gwinnett to host Lunch with The Legends fundraiser with Heisman winner George Rogers
- Gwinnett puts five in inaugural Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame class
- Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers inspires Duluth for overtime victory
IVEY WINGO
Hall of Fame Class 2011Norcross High SchoolBaseball
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- Played six major league seasons, five with Detroit
- Career .308 hitter; hit .370 in 1925
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- Member of only outfield in major league history to have all three members hit .370 or higher in one season
- Fellow Detroit outfielder in 1925 with Ty Cobb