Sports Hall of Fame

R. J. REYNOLDS HIGH SCHOOL’S INAUGURAL
SPORTS HALL OF FAME
2008

JOHN TANDY
Football Coach, 1948-1956
Principal, 1962-1966
Head Football Coach
• Career Record of 80-22-0; .784 Percentage
• Conference Champions, 1950 and 1952
• Western 3-A District Champions, 1950 and 1952
• NCHSAA State 3-A Finalist, 1950
• NCHSAA State 3-A Champions, 1952
• NCHSAA Coach of the Year, 1952
• Chairman, Forsyth County Board of Commissioners
• Inductee, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame, 1983

HERMAN W. BRYSON
Football Coach, 1952-1971   Head Coach, 1965-1971
Athletic Director, 1972-85
Class of 1943
Coach of Football, Basketball, Baseball and Golf teams
• Football Career Record of 58-18-4; .725 Percentage
• Conference Football Champions, 1966-68; Co-Champions, 1969-70
• Central 4-A Football Coach of the Year, 1967
• Little All-American Appalachian State University and Inductee, Hall of Fame, 1977
• NCHSAA Athletic Director Association Hall of Fame, 2001

SAM L. SANDERS

Football Player

Class of 1952

Member Baseball, Basketball and Football teams

• Member N.C. 3-A State Championship Team, 1950

• Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Most Outstanding Football Player, 1951

• All-State Football Team, 1951

• High School All American, 1951

• Shrine Bowl and NC All Star Game, 1951

• Football scholarship to University of North Carolina

• Inductee, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame, 1988

MARY GARBER

Sportswriter

Class of l933

Winston-Salem Journal sports editor, 1944, and sportswriter, 1946-86

• First female of ACC Sportswriters and Collegiate Football Writers associations

• Inductee of various Halls of Fame, including NC Sports Hall of Fame, 1996,

NCHSAA Hall of Fame, 1998, US BasketballWriters Hall of Fame, 2000,

and National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, 2008

• AP Sports Editors Red Smith Award, 2005

 CLAUDE “POP” JOYNER

Baseball Coach, 1923-1933

Principal, 1933-1962

R.J.Reynold’s First Baseball Coach

• President, North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), 1946-47

• NCHSAA Executive Committee, 1948-62

• Member, NCHSAA Board of Control

• Credited with writing NCHSAA original constitution and bylaws

• Inductee, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame, 1983

 SHIRLEY S. “RED” WILSON

Football Coach, 1957-1964

Coach of Football,Golf and Swim teams

• Football Career Record of 66-13-7; .767 Percentage

• Conference Football Champions, 1958, 1962-64

• NCHSAA State 4-A Co-Champions, 1958, and 4-A Champions, 1964

• 2-Time NC Shrine Bowl Coach

• Head Football Coach Elon College and Duke University

• NC Sports Hall of Fame, 1985

• Inductee, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame, 1994