Hall of Fame
Robert Mayes was born in the city of Chicago, Illinois. He was educated in the Chicago public school system and graduated from Phillips High School. Robert was a highly recruited athlete and student because of his football and academic talents. During his tenure at Benedict College on a football scholarship, he excelled in both football and baseball. Robert Mayes lettered in football and baseball in each year that he played. He was a mainstay of some of the best teams that Benedict College put on the field. He was a fierce competitor and possessed a unique talent of seeming to know where and how to get to the ball at all times. Robert left Benedict College in 1966 and journeyed to the Canadian Football League, where he continued to display his superior talent. He is a veteran of tours in Thailand and Vietnam from 1968-68. He worked for years with the Department of Corrections in Columbia, S.C. and later started a successful trucking outfit and ran it until he became disabled. Since becoming disabled, he has been active with the Hinds Blind Center, the local Veterans Center in Hinds, Illinois, where he has become a certified scuba diver and a pretty respectable golfer. Mr. Robert Mayes is married with two daughters - one is a commissioned warrant officer with 20 years of service, and the other works as a supervisor for Verizon Communications.
