Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1982
- Class:
- 1971
Born June 28, 1948 in West Virginia… Don Ray Nottingham Graduated from KSU in 1971 with a degree in marketing…Lettered three years on the Golden Flash football team and captained the 1970 squad…First Team All-MAC selection as a junior and senior…Team’s Best Offensive Back in 1968-70…”Notts” as he was known by many of his friends and teammates owns the distinction of having scored the final touchdown (a 33-yard run vs. Xavier) in old Memorial Stadium and first TD (a one yard run vs. Dayton, 1969) in new Memorial Stadium…During three-year varsity career at KSU he carried the ball 602 times for 2,515 net yards on seasons of 727 (1968), 990 (1969), and 79 (1970)…His 275 net yard rushing vs. Dayton (10-13-69) still stands as a KSU single game record…He tallied 19 touchdowns on the ground…He was picked in the 17th round of the NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts…He retired from football in the early part of 1979…He gained 2,946 yards in his pro career…He graduated from Ravenna High School in 1967 after an illustrious prep career…He was All-Metro in 1966 and 1967 and named the Akron Beacon Journal’s Player of the Year in 1967…He played professionally eight years, the last six with the Miami Dolphins who acquired him in 1973…He is married to the former Michelle Ann Robb of Shelby, Ohio…They are parents of two children…Don Nottingham was labeled throughout the football world as the “Human Bowling Ball” since he ran so low to the ground.
