 Sherridale
Morgan
2003 Greater Flint
Afro-American Hall of Fame Inductee
Category: BOXING and COACHING
Wife: Yvonne (Past President of the N.C. Boxing Assoc.)
Daughter: Michelle Bellamy (Javis, son-in-law)
Grandson: Joseph S. Bellamy
Sherridale was born in Flint, Michigan and grew up on the south side,
where he attended Clark Elementary, Whittier Junior High and Flint
Central High School.
Sherridale's boxing career began 55 years ago when Sherridale was
chased home from school by a group of bullies. His father sternly told
him to stand up for himself. Sherridale turned to boxing and it soon
became obvious that boxing was made for him.
Within five years of boxing, Sherridale won the Michigan AAU State
Championship in back to back years and qualified for the 1955 Pan American
boxing team.
Sherridale joined the Anny and won six Anny championships and the
Oregon and Seattle AAU titles.
After retiring from competition, Sherridale became the trainer of the
Anny team for eight years serving as head coach from 1972-1974.
Before retiring from the Anny, a delegation from the city of Wilmington,
N.C. who saw his teams compete at Camp Lejeune, recruited Sherridaleto
run anew center in Wilmington.
He has spent his entire career helping children become productive
citizens in life. On November 19, 2002, during a regular monthly meeting,
Wilmington Mayor Pro Tem Katherine Moore read a resolution that the
boxing and physical fitness center be renamed the Sherridale Morgan
Boxing and Physical Fitness Center.
Sherridale resides in Wilmington where he continues to run the boxing
program.
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