Russell Blunt
Track & Field
Inducted: 1996
- Born in 1908, Andover, Mass.
- Graduate of St. Augustine’s College
- High school and college track and field coach
- Best known for coaching career at Durham’s Hillside High School
- Hillside teams captured 10 state championships under Blunt
- Teams won 118 of 120 dual meets over a 12-year period
- Also coached Hillside football team
- Member of NC High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame
- Died January 7, 2004
