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Hall of Fame

Carlos Ratliff

Carlos Ratliff

  • Class
    1934
  • Induction
    2002
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Men's Basektball, Baseball, Coach
Name: Carlos Ratliff, Athlete - Coach - Athletic Director
Class of: 1934
Carlos C. Ratliff, inducted posthumously, was a Hinton native. He lettered in all three sports during his college career at Glenville where he competed for the legendary Coach Nate Rohrbough. From 1934 to 1942, he coached at Clay, Hinton, North Fork, and Williamson High Schools. During summers from 1933 to 1938, he played in the Mountain State Baseball League for the Bluefield Blue Grays. He entered the Navy in 1942 at the onset of the war. While stationed in Iowa, at the Pre-Flight School, he was baseball coach for the Navy Sea Hawks. At the conclusion of World War II in 1945, he returned to Glenville State College to become athletic director and to coach the baseball, football, and basketball teams. Following an illness in 1951, he stopped coaching basketball and football while remaining baseball coach and athletic director until his death in 1961. During that time he served as Chairman of District 28 of the NAIA. Carlos is survived by his wife, Margaret Tate-Ratliff Hofstetter '47; two daughters, Ann Ryling Barker and Jane Dickerson, and six grandchildren.
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