Gordon “Chubby” Kirkland
Football + Basketball
Inducted: 1998
- Graduate of Elon College
- Football, baseball, and basketball coach at Catawba College from 1934–1949
- Teams won eight North State Conference football titles, nine basketball crowns, and two baseball championships
- Finished with a football record of 107-31
- Catawba tenure included victories in 1946 and 1947 Tangerine Bowl games
- President of North State Baseball League, a Class D minor league
- Athletic director at Catawba until death in 1953 at the age of 48
