Rockingham County wrestling great David Barker inducted into National Wrestling Hall of Fame N.C. Chapter
EDEN — A tournament founder and acclaimed wrestler with a reputation that reaches back to his high school days at Morehead High School here, David Barker was recently inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame North Carolina Chapter.
The longtime and storied coach with the Rockingham County Schools received the honor May 21 at the Friday Conference Center in Chapel Hill.
Barker is the youngest inductee to ever receive the Lifetime Service Award for the National Wrestling Hall State Chapter of North Carolina.
While a student at Morehead, the athletically versatile Barker wrestled, played baseball and ran track.
After college, Barker, 45, returned to Morehead to become a member of the wrestling coaching staff.
He went on to coach MHS Panther teams that won state dual titles in 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, and 2016 and state tournament titles in 1998, 1999, 2006, 2014, and 2015. … rest of story at Greensboro.com/rockingham-county-wrestling-great-david-barker-inducted-into-national-wrestling-hall-of-fame
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