Terry Kinard

Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Musician Orion P. Howe (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on May 19, 1863, at Vicksburg, Mississippi. His citation reads:

A drummer boy, 14 years of age, and severely wounded and exposed to a heavy fire from the enemy, he persistently remained upon the field of battle until he had reported to Gen. W. T. Sherman the necessity of supplying cartridges for the use of troops under command of Colonel Malmborg.

Sergeant William H. Howe (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on March 25, 1865, at Fort Stedman, Virginia. His citation reads:

Served an abandoned gun under heavy fire.

Second Lieutenant Robert L. Howze (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on January 1, 1891, at White River, South Dakota. His citation reads:

Bravery in action.


The I’m just sayin… Know Your South Carolina Athlete

The South Carolina athlete you should know today is Clemson great Terry Kinard. Alfred Terance "Terry" Kinard (born November 24, 1959) is a former college and professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League for eight seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. As I said, he played college football at Clemson University, and was a two-time consensus All-American. He was a leader on the National Championship team and I guarandamntee you the Clemson secondary didn’t suck as bad when he was there as it does now. Kinard was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the NFL's New York Giants and Houston Oilers. Interestingly, Kinard was born in Bitburg, Germany. He attended Sumter High School in Sumter, South Carolina.

As I said before, he attended Clemson University, where he played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 1979 to 1982. Not only was he a two-time consensus first-team All-American he was also the CBS National Defensive Player of the Year in 1982 and selected to the USA Today All-College Football Team in the 1980s. Kinard is the all-time Clemson leader in interceptions with seventeen and tackles by a defensive back with 294. Terry was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

The New York Giants selected Kinard in the first round (tenth pick overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft, and he played for the Giants from 1983 to 1989. He played his eighth and final season for the Houston Oilers in 1990. In his eight NFL seasons, Kinard played in 121 games, started 115 of them, made thirty-one interceptions and recovered seven fumbles.

Congrats to Terry Kinard for being the South Carolina Athlete you should know this week.

Thanks Wikipedia