Claude “Hoot” Gibson
Football
Inducted: 2007
- Native of Spruce Pine, NC
- Starred at NC State
- Perennial all-star for the AFL’s San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders
- Led the league in interceptions in 1962 and punt returns in 1963 and 1964
- Returned to NC State as an assistant coach in 1967
- Spent three years as head coach at Tulsa and 10 years as head coach at Mars Hill College
