Gene Verble

Hartsell High School 1941-1945

• Football 3 Year Starter, All County, All Conference 1942-1944.  Team Captain and MVP 1944

• Basketball 3 Year Starter, All County, All Conference 1942-1945.

• Baseball   4 Year Starter, All County, All Conference 1942-1945.  Team MVP 1944 & 1945. Team Captain 1945

• After High School Graduation Played and Managed 17 Years of Professional Baseball 1945-1962.

• Played Shortstop for the Washington Senators of Major League Baseball.

• Played in the Southern Association for Atlanta and Chattanooga.

• Manager in the Washington Senators and Minnesota Twins organizations.

• 1957 Manager of the Charlotte Hornets Baseball Team which won the League Championship and was Named Manager of the Year twice.

• Inducted into the Piedmont Historical Baseball Society Hall of Fame.