HALL OF FAME

INDUCTEE

Leonard H. “Budgie” Broome

AUGUST 27, 2004

· 1953 Graduate of Greenwood High School

· 3 Sport Athlete – Football, Basketball, Track

· 3 Year Letterman in both Football and Track

· Co-Captain of both Football and Track Teams

· Received the Best Back Award for 3 Years in Football

· Scored 33 Touchdowns during his High School Career

· Played in the 1952 Shrine Bowl Football Game

· Chosen to the Charlotte Observer’s All South Carolina High School Team

· Most Valuable Player in the 1952 North / South All Star Game

· Received a Football Scholarship to Attend the Citadel

· 3 Year Letterman and Football Team Captain at the Citadel

· Selected to the All Southern Conference Team

· Received the Best Back Award at the Citadel

· For 48 years had held the Citadel Record for Punt Returns Average

· In Addition, at one time he held 3 other Citadel Records. Still Ranks Number 3 on Yards per Carry and Number 4 All Time on Average Kickoff Returns

· Member of the Citadel Athletic Hall of Fame

· Member of St. Mark United Methodist Church

· A Boy Scout Leader and Little League Coach for 10 years

· Retired from Sears, Roebuck & Company after 37 years in Management