Hall of Fame
Pete Britton, Jr. is a Suffolk native, and a lifelong resident of Virginia. Britton was one of Chowan College’s most versatile athletes continuing a tradition he began at Holland (Va.) High School where he earned 12 letters in four years in football, basketball and baseball. He was also the 1960 AAU Jr. State Diving champion on the one meter board.
At Chowan, Britton participated in three sports—football, baseball and track. He held the school high jump record with a leap of 6’l/2”in 1963, the year he was voted Chowan’s Most Outstanding Athlete. Britton proved his versatility at Chowan. Coach Jim Garrison recalls when he needed the services of Britton to snatch victory from defeat in track. Britton was practicing with the baseball team when Garrison requested that he throw the javelin, an event he had never competed in previously. Garrison recalls it was the final event and Britton threw several times, winning the event and giving the Braves the meet by one point. In college, Britton shined the brightest in baseball. However, he made All-Conference in both football and baseball.
After leaving Chowan College, the University of Richmond gave Britton a scholarship in exchange for the next two years of him playing both football and baseball. He played a year of professional baseball and was in the Army for three years, taking up golf during that time.
He was assistant pro at Suffolk Golf Course for six years, eventually moving to the Peninsula and then to Williamsburg for 16 years as the pro at Williamsburg Country Club. He retired from the Country Club to a life of golf and fishing, but went to work in sales with Fleet Maintenance Co. in Richmond.
Britton is married to the former Gladys Wiltshire and they have one son, Pete.
