Jerry Richardson
Football
Inducted: 2000
- Born in Spring Hope, NC; raised in Fayetteville
- Star receiver at Wofford College
- Played with the Baltimore Colts in 1959 and 1960
- Caught 15 passes in the NFL before retiring to go into restaurant business
- Organized group that brought Carolina Panthers to NFL in 1993 with Richardson as owner; team began play in 1995
- Along with George Halas, one of two former NFL players to own an NFL team
