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Hall of Fame

Jerry Sams HOF

Jerry Sams

  • Class
    1968
  • Induction
    1996
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball
Jerry Sams wore #23 on Oglethorpe’s men’s basketball team and still holds the program record for rebounds in a single game.  
 
Sams was named to the 1966 All-tournament team in the 7th annual Oglethorpe Invitational (now the Jack Berkshire Classic) after leading the Petrels to their seventh straight tournament win. He and the 1966 team posted a 22-6 season record.  
 
Sams made 26 rebounds against Memphis Southern in 1966. Today’s program record books only contain information beginning in the 1990s, with the single-game rebound record going to Todd Ward’s 22 rebounds in 1995.  
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