Timmy Newsome

Football
Inducted: 2022
  • Native of Ahoskie, NC
  • Winston-Salem State University’s second all-time leading rusher
  • Selected in the sixth round of the 1980 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys
  • Enjoyed nine seasons in the NFL, making the Cowboys’ All-Decade Team for the 1980s
  • Member of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Hall of Fame and the Black College Football Hall of Fame