Charles Rugg - Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

Charles "Charlie" Rugg

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

Baseball | Coaching

Charles Rugg Mississippi Hall of Fame Inductee

Charles "Charlie" Rugg Stats, Bio

Born: August 24, 1931

Hometown: Farmerville, LA

Year Induction: 2005

High School Career

Farmerville High School, Farmerville, LA

College Career

Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA (1950-1954, 1961)

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (1956)

LSU, Baton Rouge, LA (1958)

Professional Career

Signed professional baseball contract with Brooklyn Dodgers

Minor league baseball, D league, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Wisconsin State League (1949)

Brooklyn Dodgers split squad spring training

Greenwood, MS franchise in Cotton States League

Pitching record of 7 wins including rare twin wins in doubleheader

Suffered Back Injury while throwing a perfect game for 7 and 2/3 innings in Monroe, LA, ending professional athletic career (1950)

Manager & pitcher for the Homer Oilers in Big Eight League (1951-1958)

Coaching Career

Director of Summer Activities, Homer, LA (1952-1954)

Head basketball & baseball coach, Athens High School, Athens, LA (1954-1956)

Assistant football coach under MSHOF member Jack Carlisle at Jackson Murrah High School, Jackson, MS

Coached basketball, football, baseball & golf for the Mustangs (1956-1962)

Helped lead Murrah football team to City of Jackson title and North Big 8 crown

Athletic Director, head basketball & tennis coach, Belhaven College, Jackson, MS; Associate Professor of History & Health (1962-1995)

NAIA District Basketball Coach of the year in ‘70, ’71, ‘72, ’77, & ‘78

NAIA District and conference Tennis Coach of the Year for 15 consecutive years as voted by his coaching peers

1983 NAIA National Tennis Championship

Achievements and Honors

Basketball arena at Belhaven College named in his honor as the Charles R. Rugg Arena on October 27, 2001.

Founding Father of Gulf Coast Athletic Conference

Hall of Fame Memberships

Belhaven College Athletic Hall of Fame Charter Member (1993)

NAIA National Sports Hall of Fame (1996)

Did You Know?

Coach Rugg was a major league pitching prospect who played with MLB Hall of Famers Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, and Roy Campanella in Brooklyn Dodger Spring Training in 1950.

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