Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus NCAA Women's Championship on March 18, 2026 at 10 a.m. Prelims / 6 p.m. Finals
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10 a.m. Prelims / 6 p.m. Finals
Swimming & Diving
vs NCAA Women's Championship
Duke Athletics Hall of Fame
Ernest Knotts
- Induction:
- 1993
- Class:
- 1945
All-America, 1944-45
All-Southern Conference, 1945
Team Captain, 1945
A native of Albemarle, N.C., "Bear" Knotts was a four-year lineman for the Blue Devils from 1943-46. The two-way guard earned All-America and All-Southern Conference honors in 1945. He was also the team captain his junior year.
All of the individual honors came a year after he was an integral part of one of Duke's greatest teams. The 1944 squad captured the Southern Conference crown and then defeated Alabama in the Sugar Bowl by a 29-26 score. Knotts earned third team All-America honors by the College Press that season.
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