Ernest Eugene “Ernie” Barnes Jr.
Football
Inducted: 2019
- Native of Durham
- Captain of the football team and state champion in the shot put at Hillside High School
- Attended North Carolina College at Durham (now North Carolina Central University) on a full athletic scholarship to play football; majored in art
- Played five seasons of professional football
- After retiring in 1965, was commissioned by numerous sports organizations and was twice named Sport Artist of the Year
