History & Tradition In This Section... All-Americans 194 Coaching History 196 Where Are They Now? 197 Brian Piccolo 198 All-ACC Honors 199 Academic Honors 201 All-Star Games 202 Special Awards 203 1946 Gator Bowl 204 1949 Dixie Bowl 204 1979 Tangerine Bowl 205 1992 Independence Bowl 206 1999 Aloha Bowl 207 2002 Seattle Bowl 208 All-Time Letterwinners 209 Deacons In The Pros 212 Deacons In The Draft 214 Year-By-Year Results 218 Composite Schedule 224 History All-Americans George Staton Bartholomew Barnes Snead Bill George (1949) Bill Barnes (1956) played for the NFL’s Chicago Bears four seasons before 1st Team AP • 2nd Team NEA 1st Team Look (FW) • 2nd Team AP his career came to an end due to his now well-known The first Demon Deacon ever to be named an All- One of the top all-around players in Wake Forest his- bout with cancer. He died in June of 1970 and was American was George, who gained that distinction as a tory, Barnes received All-America notice as a running inducted into the WFU Hall of Fame later that year. In sophomore in 1949 after an outstanding season at back in 1956. He became the first Deacon - and the first 2002, Piccolo was named to the ACC 50th Anniversary defensive tackle. That achievement highlighted an individual ever in the ACC - to rush for more than 1,000 Team and his number 31 is retired. excellent overall career which saw him be named all- yards in one year that season (1,010) in being named conference three times (1948, ‘49 and ‘51). He was the conference player of the year. The two-time All-ACC Win Headley (1970) outstanding as a professional player, too, with both the performer went on to an all-pro career with the 2nd Team Walter Camp Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Rams, earning all-pro Philadelphia Eagles, later playing for Washington and A three-year starter, Headley earned All-America honors as a linebacker eight times and being inducted Minnesota as well. He was a 1974 inductee into the recognition as a defensive tackle on Wake Forest’s 1970 into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1974. He joined the WFU Hall of Fame. The sports lounge in Bridger Field ACC Championship squad. He also was honored that WFU Hall of Fame in 1998 and his number 47 is retired. House is named in his honor and his number 33 is year as an All-ACC selection and was voted team Most retired. Valuable Player. In the spring of 1971, Headley and bas- Jim Staton (1950) ketball player Charlie Davis were co-recipients of WFU’s 2nd Team AP Norm Snead (1960) Arnold Palmer Award. He played briefly with the Green One year after Bill George received All-America 2nd Team UPI • 2nd Team Football Writers Bay Packers and in the CFL, and later returned to Wake acclaim, Staton followed him to that lofty status, also as The only Deacon quarterback to earn All-America Forest as an assistant coach under Chuck Mills. He was a defensive tackle. He was named to the all-conference honors, Snead ranks as one of the premier passers ever inducted into the WFU Hall of Fame in 1994. team that same year and was chosen as the Demon in the ACC. Three times he was all-conference (first Deacons’ Most Valuable Player as well. Staton also was team in 1959 and ‘60), and as a junior and senior he led Chuck Ramsey (1973) successful professionally, primarily in the Canadian the league in passing and total offense, which led to his 1st Team Football Writers Football League with the Montreal Alouettes, where he selection on the ACC 50th Anniversary team in 2002. The 1973 season was not a successful one for the earned all-league honors playing under former Wake Despite playing in a run-oriented era, Snead’s career Demon Deacons, who managed only one win and one Forest coach Peahead Walker. He was inducted into the numbers rate him among the top all-time passers at tie in 11 outings, but Ramsey led the country in punting WFU Hall of Fame in 1982. Wake Forest. He played for five NFL teams during a 16- with a 44.8-yard average. He led the ACC in punting as year career that saw him gain all-pro honors. The WFU a sophomore, junior and senior (1971-73), and his career Bob Bartholomew (1955) Hall of Fame inducted him in 1977 and the banquet room average of 44.0 is the third-best in ACC history. After 2nd Team INS • 2nd Team UPI in Bridger Field House is named in his honor and his num- one year with the Chicago Fire of the World Football Wake Forest’s list of outstanding linemen continued ber 16 is retired. League, he spent eight productive years (1977-84) with in 1955 with Bartholomew earning All-America honors the New York Jets in the NFL. as a tackle. He additionally received Academic All- Brian Piccolo (1964) America recognition that same year, making him the first 1st Team AP • 1st Team UPI • 1st Team AFCA Bill Armstrong (1975, ‘76) individual in school history to be named to both all-star • 1st Team FD • 1st Team Helms • 1st Team 1975: 3rd Team AP squads in the same season. Bartholomew was a four- NY Daily News • 1st Team NEA 1976 Consensus All-America: 1st Team AP • 1st year starter and a three-time All-ACC pick (twice on the One of Wake Forest’s most famed athletes, Piccolo Team UPI • 1st Team Walter Camp • 1st Team first team). He served WFU as director of the Deacon earned All-America status in 1964 after leading the Football Writers • 1st Team AFCA • 1st Team Club for more than 16 years (1968-1984) and was nation in rushing (1,044 yards) and scoring (111 points). TSN • 1st Team Football News inducted into the WFU Hall of Fame in 1984. That same season he also became the second Demon Only one player in Wake Forest history has been Deacon to earn ACC Player of the Year honors. Wake named a consensus All-American. That was Armstrong, Forest’s leading rusher in 1962, 1963 and 1964, Piccolo a unanimous pick as a defensive back in 1976 by AP, UPI, Piccolo Headley Ramsey Armstrong 194 Wake Forest Football 2004 Media Guide All-Americans History Parker Ard Newsome Kiser AFCA and FWAA after being a third-team AP All- Harry Newsome (1983) Ben Coleman (1992) American the previous year. A quarterback early in his 3rd Team AP 1st Team AFCA Deacon career, he became an all-league safety in 1975 Punter Harry Newsome was named All-America as a Coleman emerged as one of the country’s premier and again in 1976, leading the team in tackles both junior in 1983, ranking as the nation’s third-leading offensive linemen during his senior season, gaining first- years. His 271 career unassisted tackles are the most in punter with a 45.5-yard average that season. That aver- team recognition on the Kodak Coaches (AFCA) squad. school history. He received the Arnold Palmer Award, age still ranks as the best season mark in Wake Forest He had not become an offensive player until after his and in 1996 he was inducted into the WFU Hall of Fame. history. Newsome’s career punting average of 43.6 sophomore year and did not earn a starting job until his In 2002, Armstrong was named to the ACC 50th ranks second in the Deacon record books behind anoth- final campaign. His other 1992 honors included the Bill Anniversary Team and his number 19 is retired. er All-American, Chuck Ramsey. He is also one of just George Award and the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the 15 players in WFU history to be named first-team All- top blocker in the ACC. After being selected in the sec- James Parker (1979) ACC twice. Newsome was drafted in 1985 and spent ond round of the 1993 NFL draft, Coleman spent nine 2nd Team Football News nine seasons in the NFL with Pittsburgh and Minnesota. seasons in the league (1999-2001) with four different Nose guard James Parker garnered All-America hon- teams. ors in 1979 as his leadership helped Wake Forest put Paul Kiser (1986) together an impressive 8-4 record and a Tangerine Bowl 1st Team Football Writers • 1st Team TSN Michael Collins (2001) appearance. The Deacons posted three victories over The 1986 Demon Deacons established eight offen- 3rd Team TSN ranked opponents during the season, including road sive school records and led the ACC in scoring. A major Despite moving from tackle to guard and learning a wins over Georgia and North Carolina. Parker was also factor was Kiser’s play up front in that offensive unit, new offensive system prior to his senior season, offen- named first-team All-ACC that season and received and he was recognized for his efforts as a first-team All- sive lineman Michael Collins was named third-team All- WFU’s Bill George Award, given to the team’s top line- American by the Football Writers (FWAA) and The America and earned first-team All-ACC honors in 2001. man. He went on to a long and successful career in the Sporting News. In addition, he was named All-ACC that Collins anchored a line that helped WFU lead the ACC in Canadian Football League, playing for Edmonton, British year as a senior and became the first Deacon since the rushing and fewest sacks allowed en route to a bowl- Colmbia and Toronto.