A choice that brought him to Greenbrier
Roy Anderson credited his first coach, Joe Henry Carter, with persuading him to attend Greenbrier when he had been considering Springfield. His Hall biography places his basketball and baseball years at GHS in 1942–46.
Captain of Jimmy Suter’s first team
The Village Green names Roy on the 1944–45 roster beside Earl and Turner Suter. When Jimmy Suter became coach in 1945–46, Roy served as captain and Richard Parker as alternate captain.
Roy’s Hall account reports 24–1 records in both his junior and senior seasons. West ended the junior season in a Unit semifinal; North ended the senior season at the same stage. These retrospective details agree with the sequence in the book. Contemporary box scores remain a research target.
A baseball opportunity cut short
The Hall describes Roy as unbeaten pitching after high school and recalls an offer of $100 a month plus room and board from a New York farm team. It does not identify the club or year. The account says a broken arm suffered while pitching on July 4 ended his athletic career.
No signed contract, team roster or complete pitching record has yet been recovered. Greenbrier inducted Roy into its Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.
Sources and photograph
- Greenbrier Athletic Hall of Fame: Roy Anderson — school choice, season records, baseball account and portrait.
- The Village Green, Volume II, printed p. 280 (combined PDF p. 406) — roster, captaincy, coach and tournament sequence; original scan visually inspected.
Help fill in the story
A dated photograph, clipping or team roster can help preserve this chapter of Greenbrier history.