Sports
- Esther Benjamin, former semi pro Basketball player. Won bronze Medal in the 1996 Olympic Team, games held in St. Louis MS. Went to Valdosta High School graduated from Old Dominion University, and died in tragic car accident on Feb. 16th, 2000
- Buck Belue, former Valdosta High School standout and quarterback of the University of Georgia's 1980 national championship team, now a radio talk show host
- Vincent Burns, NFL defensive tackle Indianapolis Colts
- Randall Godfrey, NFL linebacker, Seattle Seahawks & San Diego Chargers
- Jay Ratliff, NFL nose tackle, Dallas Cowboys
- Brice Hunter, NFL wide receiver, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Todd Peterson, former NFL player
- Coleman Rudolph, American football player, former Georgia Tech college player, NFL, New York Giants and New York Jets
- Dana Brinson, former NFL player
- Stan Rome, former NFL player, Kansas City Chiefs (1979–1982)
- Willie Gary, NFL, St. Louis Rams, played in Super Bowl XXXVI
- Dusty Bonner, VSU quarterback, later played for Kentucky and eventually NFL for the Atlanta Falcons and arena football league
- William "Red" Dawson Only surviving Coach of the 1970 Marshall Tragedy, Chronicled in the movie We Are Marshall
- Ellis Clary, former Major League Baseball player, coach, and scout
- Desmond (Desi) Relaford, Major League Baseball infielder
- Briny Baird, professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.
- Lorenzo Cain, center fielder for the Kansas City Royals.
- Nick Ragaller, Famous movie star. Movies include: The Master of Disaster. Ruler of Valdosta.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Short of a wholesale reform of college athletics—a complete breakdown of the whole system that is now focused on money and power—the women’s programs are just as doomed as the men’s are to move further and further away from the academic mission of their colleges.... We have to decide if that’s the kind of success for women’s sports that we want.”
—Christine H. B. Grant, U.S. university athletic director. As quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, p. A42 (May 12, 1993)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)