Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 30, 1993 TAG: 9307010520
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-15 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BOB McLELLAND CORRESPONDENT
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Bob Slaughter, Bob Fisher, Shannon Delaney, Dr. Randy Dickey and Kevin Skelly will be inducted at halftime of Patrick Henry's homecoming game Oct. 29 against Franklin County. The honorees and their families will be guests at a reception before the game.
The five made up the third class of inductees and bring the hall of fame to 17 members.
Members must be graduates of Patrick Henry, out of school at least 10 years and be the unanimous choice of Hall of Fame board members. The eight-member board is appointed by the school's booster club, which sponsors the event.
Slaughter, a 1966 graduate, won varsity letters in football, baseball, basketball and track. He was captain in football and basketball and was voted his team's most valuable player.
Slaughter, president of Virginia Cabinet Supply in Fredericksburg, also won a football scholarship to Virginia Tech, where he was starting end for three years.
Fisher was, at 14, the youngest football player to start for Coach Merrill Gainer. The 1974 graduate was a regular linebacker and fullback for four years and team co-captain his senior year. He scored all three touchdowns for the Patriots in the state Group AAA championship game against Lafayette in Williamsburg.
Fisher, co-winner of the B'nai B'rith Award his senior year, also was an outstanding baseball pitcher and third baseman. He won a scholarship to Virginia Tech in baseball and compiled a varsity career record as a pitcher of 16-5.
Fisher ran a gymnastics school in Salem for many years and now works for Anchor Sales in Salem.
Delaney, also a 1974 graduate, was a four-year letterman in football as a linebacker, running back and kicker. He won all-state honors and was co-captain as a senior. Like Fisher, Delaney was an outstanding student and helped the Patriots to a perfect 13-0 record in 1973. The team was unbeaten during the regular season his junior year.
Delaney, now an area representative for Orthopedic Implants, won a scholarship to the University of South Carolina, where he was a star four years.
Dickey, a 1975 graduate, is the third member of the 1973 championship football team to be honored. He won all-state honors his senior year. He also was an outstanding tennis player, winning the state Group AAA doubles with Bob McIntosh.
He won a tennis scholarship to Virginia Tech, where he starred four years. The graduate of the Medical College of Virginia has been a dentist in Roanoke since 1983.
Skelly, a 1979 graduate, was a star in basketball and tennis and won honors in both. As a senior, he was state singles champion and was nationally ranked. He won an academic and athletic scholarship to Harvard University where he again starred in tennis and basketball.
He was the overall winner of the B'nai B'rith Award.
Skelly is completing requirements for his doctorate in education from the University of California at Berkeley.
by CNB