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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