Gene Hooks
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Most Influential Person Now
American baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator
Why Is Gene Hooks Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, G. Eugene Hooks was the athletic director at Wake Forest University from 1964 to 1992. Playing career Hooks was a third baseman for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team from 1947 to 1950. Hooks earned first-team All-America honors in 1947 and 1949, and second-team All-American honors in 1950. In 1949, Hooks helped lead the Demon Deacons to the 1949 College World Series, where they lost in the championship game to the Texas Longhorns.
