Al Dowtin
Basketball + Golf
Inducted: 1998
- Basketball and baseball star at Wake Forest in the 1920s
- Captain 1929 basketball squad
- Played 2 seasons of minor league baseball
- Served as Wake Forest’s first golf coach and was the school’s alumni secretary
- Became top amateur golfer, qualifying for the 1935 U.S. Open and 1941 U.S. Amateur.
- Chief law enforcement officer for Asheville Alcoholic Beverage Control system, 1947–1973
- Destroyed more than 6,000 stills
- Died in 2001
