[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 131 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1788]
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                        A TRIBUTE TO FRED McALL

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                           HON. BOB ETHERIDGE

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 3, 2001

  Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Campbell 
University Coaching Great and my former basketball coach Mr. Fred 
McCall.
  A native of Denver, North Carolina, Coach McCall earned his Bachelor 
of Arts Degree in 1948 from Lenoir-Rhyne College, where he was a three-
sport standout. He was inducted into the Lenoir-Rhyne Athletic Hall of 
Fame in 1980. Following graduation he earned his master's degree from 
George Peabody College and then pitched professionally in the Carolina 
League at Hickory, in the Coastal Plain League at Rocky Mount, and in 
the Western Carolina League at Newton. A graduate of the Infantry 
School in Fort Benning, Georgia, he served as an officer during World 
War II.
  Coach McCall joined the Campbell staff in 1953 and served the 
University with distinction for 33 years. He coached Campbell's 
basketball team to a 221-104 record in 16 seasons. Coach McCall 
directed his teams to five state junior college championships in eight 
years, then led the Fighting Camels through their first eight years of 
competition on the senior college level.
  During his tenure as head coach and director of athletics, McCall 
coached three Junior College All-Americans-Len Maness, Bob Vernon, and 
George Lehmann.
  In 1954, Coach McCall and Wake Forest Coach Horace ``Bones'' McKinney 
began the Campbell Basketball School, which has featured such 
outstanding sports greats as Coach John Wooden of UCLA. Forty-one years 
later, the School still ranks as the nation's oldest and largest 
continually running summer basketball camp.
  Coach McCall developed the McCall Rebounder in the late 1950s to 
teach proper rebounding techniques. The device has been used by coaches 
in all 50 states and numerous countries worldwide and has been on 
display at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts.
  Named Tar Heel of the Week by the News and Observer in 1969, Coach 
McCall resigned his basketball and athletic director duties on January 
10, 1969, to accept an appointment as Campbell's Vice-President of 
Institutional Advancement. He served in that capacity until 1979 when 
he was named Vice-President for Administration, a position he held 
until his retirement in 1986.
  On June 13, 1994, Coach McCall was honored by being inducted into the 
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.
  Coach McCall and his wife, the former Pearle Klutz of Granite Quarry, 
have three daughters--Janet King, Leah Devlin, and Lisa Singletary--and 
six grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, Coach McCall not only taught others and me about 
basketball; he taught us about life. Coach McCall not only helped make 
me a better player; he helped to make me a better human being. The life 
lessons taught to me and countless others by Coach McCall's special 
brand of coaching are lessons we live by to this day. Coach McCall 
helped strengthen Campbell University, his community, and his country. 
On behalf of the people of North Carolina, I rise today to offer our 
eternal gratitude.

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