Bunn Hearn​

Baseball
Inducted: 1993
  • Born in Chapel Hill, NC, 1891
  • Played football and baseball at Mississippi A&M (now State) and Elon College
  • Longtime baseball coach at University of North Carolina
  • Pitched for four teams in majors from 1910–1920, with a record of 13-24
  • Head baseball coach at UNC from 1917–1918, 1932–1956
  • Won six SC titles
  • Suffered stroke in 1947 but continued as head coach until retirement, although with diminished responsibilities
  • Claimed to have taught the king of England to throw a curveball during a 1913–1914 baseball world tour
  • Died in 1959