Clifford "Red" Erickson - Class of 2008

(Newberry)

Nicknamed "the battering ram of the North," Clifford Erickson was selected to the Alma College Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.  Regarded by many as "the greatest athlete to come out of Newberry," Erickson played football at Newberry from 1922-25 and Alma from 1926-29.  He was a guard on Alma's 1927 MIAA champions, then earned all-league honors as a fullback in 1929.