Charlie Armstrong (1994) - Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame

Charlie Armstrong

Induction:
1994

Charlie Armstrong was a true pioneer in Florida State athletics. An Army Corps veteran and outstanding football player on Indiana's Big 10 Championship of 1946, Armstrong was hired by Don Veller as Florida State's first assistant coach in the spring of 1948. Besides his football duties,

Charlie was also named FSU's first ever baseball coach. Armstrong led the Noles to winning records in each of their first four baseball seasons (1948-51).

During Charlie's four years on the football staff, the Noles won 30 of 34 games. Coach Don Veller gives Charlie much credit for the team's first football success which culminated in FSU's first bowl win against Wofford College in the 1949 Cigar Bowl.

Armstrong was called back into the military service in 1951. He went on to coach winning programs at several high schools following his retirement from the military in 1970.