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Satterfield inducted into Greer HS Athletic Ring of Honor

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Published on Tuesday, November 11, 2014

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Steve Satterfield, a three-sport star from the class of 1956, was inducted into the Greer High School Athletic Ring of Honor.
 

Julie McCombs

Steve Satterfield, a three-sport star from the class of 1956, was inducted into the Greer High School Athletic Ring of Honor.

 

Steve Satterfield, a three-sport star from the class of 1956, was inducted into the Greer High School Athletic Ring of Honor at halftime last week of the Greer-Clinton playoff game at Dooley Field.

Satterfield played quarterback in football, second base in baseball and point guard in basketball. The 1955 football team finished 12-1 and the 1955-56 basketball team won the state championship.

Satterfield played at the University of South Carolina on a full scholarship and lettered three years. He started at quarterback in 1959.

He began his coaching career at Sumter High as an assistant, became head coach at Wade Hampton High in 1964 and returned to Sumter as head coach for six years, winning the 1969 state championship.

Satterfield’s first college coaching position was in 1971 at Clemson as an assistant, became head coach of Wofford College in 1974 and retired after the 1976 season.

He lives with his wife, Barbara, and they have three children – Kelly, Steven and Susan – and 11 grandchildren.

 

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