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Carlos Terry

  • Class
  • Induction
    2009
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Basketball

Carlos Terry is one of the CIAA's "60 Greatest Players," a former NBA Player and one of Big House Gaines's most dominant players for Winston-Salem State University in the late seventies.   Terry had the ability to take over a game with little effort.  He was as a sixth man during his freshman season; returning for the next three years earning All-CIAA Forward honors.  Carlos was named to the CIAA All-Tournament Team four times.  In 1977, he averaged 20 points and 10.7 rebounds per game. He was named Most Valuable Player as he led the Rams to their last CIAA Championship. He was named the 1978 Gaines Award winner as the CIAA Player of the Year, and was a two time All-NAIA District Associated Press Small College All-American.  He finished his collegiate career with 1,968 points and 1,360 rebounds.

Terry was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers, but chose to play in the Philippines instead. He later returned to the NBA and played for the Washington Bullets until an injury ended his career.  At 32 years of age, Carlos died in a tragic car accident in March of 1989.