Richard F. Harmison (1949-50)
Inducted 1990
EXCELLED IN FOOTBALL AS A TWO-WAY STARTER ON THE 1949 AND 1950 SQUADS.
HE PLAYED THE END POSITION ON EACH SIDE OF THE BALL.
AS A JUNIOR, HE WAS NAMED TO THE 1949 WEST VIRGINIA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM AND AS A SENIOR IN 1950 HE WAS SELECTED TO THE WEST VIRGINIA INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM.
HE WAS NAMED A "CENTENNIAL SPORTS GREAT " BY THE HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CENTENNIAL COMMISSION IN 1963. PLAYED ON THE 1947 INTERCOLLEGIATE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AT POTOMAC STATE.
HE CONCLUDED AN ILLUSTRIOUS 39-YEAR COACHING CAREER IN 1990 THAT INCLUDED STINTS AT CHARLES TOWN (WV) HIGH SCHOOL, MARTINSBURG (WV) HIGH SCHOOL, VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE, THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM OF WILLIAM & MARY AND MOST RECENTLY AT JAMES WOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN WINCHESTER, VA.