Hall of Fame Inductees
Hall of Fame Inductees
Hall of Fame Inductees
Marcel J. DeLotto ’34
Baseball, Basketball, Football, Track & Field
Induction: 1996
- Four-year letterman in football.
- Also earned four letters in basketball, four in track and one in baseball
- All-State Fullback in 1932 and 1933.
- Football Team Captain in 1933.
- Favorite professor at RMC was Dr. William Keeble, for whom Keeble Observatory is named.
- Played semi-pro football after graduation.
- One of the top backs in the Dixie League.
- Played for the Richmond Arrows in 1936 and 1939.
- Played for the Richmond Rebels in 1937.
- Rebels won the Virginia-Carolina Football League Championship in 1937.
- Most Valuable Player of the Norfolk Shamrocks in 1938, the champions of the Dixie League.
- 6-2 record as head coach of Brunswick High School in 1936.
- Served in the United States Navy.
- Earned a Master’s degree in Physical Education from the University of North Carolina
- Coached football and earned his Ph.D. in Health and Physical Education at the University of Oregon
- Helped found program and was first head football coach at Long beach State University from 1955-57.
- Known at Mike DeLotto at LBSU.
- Was a professor in school of Applied Arts at LBSU.
- Posted a 13-10 record with the 49ers.
- Placed into the Virginia Sports Wall of Fame in 1982.
- Passed away in 1983 from cancer at the age of 71.