John Hunt '31

Baseball, Football

A four year member of the baseball and football teams at H-SC, Hunt is still considered one of the finest hurlers in Tiger baseball history.  During the 1928 season he pitched three one-hitters (against the University of Delaware, Randolph-Macon and Bridgewater).  As a senior, Hunt served as team captain.

After graduation, he pitched in the Bi-State-League and also pitched one game at the Triple-A level.  In football, Hunt was a four-year letterman as a tackle and center for coach Yank Bernier. A very involved student at H-SC, Hunt was vice president of his junior class, president of the student council and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa.

After graduating from Hampden-Sydney, the South Boston native spent more than 30 years as a school teacher and coach, including 24 years at Fork Union Military Academy.  He is currently retired and resides in Richmond.

Bill Formwalt '36

Football, Basketball, Track

H-SC's third football All-American, as recognized by Liberty magazine after the 1935 season, Formwalt was also captain of the '35 squad which, despite finishing 5-5, was the only Hampden-Sydney squad ever to defeat the University of Virginia--the Tigers recorded a 13-7 victory over the Cavaliers.   Legendary coach Yank Bernier called Formwalt "one of the greatest ever to play end for Hampden-Sydney."

In basketball, Formwalt was also an outstanding performer and scored a career-high 34 points against American University.  As a senior, he was the leading scorer in the state of Virginia.  Bernier said that both opposing players and newspaper reporters considered Bill Formwalt an outstanding player and sportsman.

Today, Formwalt, who originally hailed from Baltimore, MD, is retired and lives in Lecanto, Florida.

Ron Henry '56

Football, Track

Possibly the best end in Tiger history, Henry earned second-team Little All-America honors in 1955.  As a senior, he was captain of the squad that recorded an 8-1 mark, the best season record to that point in H-SC football history.  Ron was named to the prestigious Little Seven team four times and in four years, he played in every H-SC game, starting all but one.

Hampden-Sydney coach Jim Hickey called Henry "one of the most tireless athletes I've had in ten years of coaching.  He's capable of playing sixty minutes every game and always gives 100 percent effort.  I've always felt that he could play for any team in the state."

Paul Severin, the coach at Randolph-Macon during Henry's days at H-SC and an All-American at North Carolina, summed up the feelings of many of H-SC's opponents: "The Randolph-Macon football team and coaching staff unanimously agree that Ron Henry was the best end we played against all year.  He is deserving of any honors he might be considered for, and I might add that we are glad to see him graduate."

Henry was a graduate of John Marshall High School in Richmond, we he still resides.

David Anthony '77

Golf

A three-time All-American golfer at Hampden-Sydney, Anthony was a key member of H-SC's 1975 NCAA Division III Runner-up team.  Only a sophomore at the time, he was a vital part of that squad, finishing in the top ten at the national championships.  Already recognized as a second-team All-American in 1975, Anthony went on to earn first-team recognition in both 1976 and 1977.

Anthony played with several other excellent golfers, including Charles Baskervill, Gray Tuttle and Woody Fitzhugh, but golf coach Gus Franke knew he could always count on Anthony to be one of the leaders of the squad.  "He's the most consistent golfer I've ever coached," said Franke. 

Originally from Lynchburg, Anthony currently lives and works in Jacksonville, FL.

SPECIAL CITATION

George "Gummy" Proctor

Stating his athletic career as a coach and director of the old Richmond Boys Club, Proctor influenced countless young men, helping many of them develop into high school and college athletes.

He was recognized as the best basketball official in the South and officiated in the Southern Conference before it split to form the ACC.  He was always the number-one official in the tournament.  On the court, he had a way that kept the games under control with detracting from individual performances.

Proctor eventually left the officiating ranks to become head basketball coach at Virginia Tech from 1931 to 1932 and again from 1944 to 1947.  Coming to Hampden-Sydney in the fall of 1947, he was responsible for reviving basketball tradition at the school.  His 1948-49 squad finished with a 22-3 record that still ranks as the best mark in H-SC basketball history.  His 49-23 (.680) record as coach is the best winning percentage of any H-SC basketball coach.

In 1974, in recognition of outstanding contributions to athletics in the state of Virginia as an official, coach and administrator, Proctor was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.  He and his wife, Marion, lived in Richmond until his death in 1987.

Louis F. "Weenie" Miller

Coach Miller has enjoyed a long and illustrious career in collegiate athletics, first as an athlete at the University of Richmond and later as a coach and administrator at several Virginia colleges.

At the University of Richmond, Miller captained the baseball and basketball teams and also competed in football.  After graduation, he played for two years with the New York Yankees organization.

Miller began his coaching career at the University of Richmond; he also coached at Hampden-Sydney, Washington and Lee, and VMI before spending 20 years in private business.  Weenie and his wife, Betty, came back to Hampden-Sydney in 1986, when he was named baseball coach and athletics director, and he has had a major impact on the College's athletics programs.

His influence has helped the Tigers field contenders in every sport and maintain a winning percentage above 56 percent in each of the last three years.  In 1989 his final game as head baseball coach brought Hampden-Sydney its first Old Dominion Athletic Conference baseball championship.

Coach Miller was instrumental in establishing the Hampden-Sydney Athletic Hall of Fame in 1988.  Through his efforts the annual induction ceremony has become an important part of H-SC's athletic program, and more than 20 Hampden-Sydney greats are now enshrined.

**All information listed is current as of 1991.