Ernie Warlick was a star athlete in basketball and football at North Carolina Central University, where
he was a 1984 inductee to the NCCU Athletic Hall of Fame. He went on to play
professional football in the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders and in the American
Football League for the Buffalo Bills. He won AFL
Championships with the Bills in 1964 and 1965 and scored the opening touchdown in the 1965 AFL
Championship Game victory over the San Diego Chargers. He is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
He was the first black sports announcer in Buffalo
television, is a 1998 inductee of the Buffalo
Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame and a 2000 recipient of the Ralph C. Wilson
Jr. Distinguished Service Award.
Warlick's latest laurel was
his February 5, 2005 induction to the Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association Hall of Fame. recognizing his basketball and football accopmplishments
while at North Carolina Central, which is a member of the CIAA. |
