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Class of 1982
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Alfred Casey
Al Casey, a native of Portsmouth, Virginia, was confined to a wheel chair and unable to speak clearly when he learned of his induction to the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He promised to be present at the Hall of Fame Induction Banquet and kept that promise.
In 1928, when Casey was a senior at Wilson High School, he wrote a letter to a Washington, D.C. high school, saying that he would personally score 5 touchdowns when they played. He scored 6 touchdowns as Wilson won 40-0. Casey’s father used to stand in the end zone of the old Shawnee Stadium waving a $5.00 bill screaming for Casey to “Come and get it, son”. His team never lost a game to another high school team.
Casey led Wilson High School to win the State Championship in 1926 and 1927. They tied with Newport News High School in 1928, which kept them from the title that year. Although football was his favorite sport, Casey also starred in baseball, basketball and track.
Upon graduation, he spent a year at Potomac State, a junior college in West Virginia, before enrolling at Virginia Tech. He was a broken field runner, pass receiver and kicker. He was nicknamed "The Galloping Ghost”, and became a star of one of the greatest Hokie Teams of all time. The 1932 Tech team only lost one game.
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