Greenville is a city in and the seat of Greenville County, South Carolina, United States. With a population of 70,720 as of the 2020 Census, it is the sixth-largest city in the state. Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina along Interstate 85. Its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385. Greenville was the fourth fastest-growing city in the United States between 2015 and 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1826 and named for the clergyman Richard Furman, Furman University is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. It became a secular university in 1992, while keeping Christo et Doctrinae as its motto. It enrolls approximately 2,700 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students, representing 46 states and 53 foreign countries, on its 750-acre (304 ha) campus.
Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr. was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court.
Greenville Lions were an American soccer team that played in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) D3 Pro League and operated an amateur team, Greenville Lions Premier, in the Premier Development League (PDL), the third and fourth tiers of the American soccer pyramid at the time. The team was founded in 2001 and operated until 2003.
The Furman Paladins are the varsity athletic teams representing Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, in intercollegiate athletics.
Latham Baseball Stadium is a baseball venue located in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. It is home to the Furman Paladins college baseball team. The venue opened in 1956 and has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.
The 1941 The Citadel Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bo Rowland, the Bulldogs compiled a 4–3–1 record, finished 14th in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 175 to 89. The Bulldogs played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium.
The 1936 The Citadel Bulldogs football team represented The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in the 1936 college football season. Tatum Gressette served as head coach for the fifth season. The Bulldogs played home games at Johnson Hagood Stadium. The 1936 season marked the Bulldogs' first year as members of the Southern Conference.
The 2013 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 26 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. The annual event determines the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. Third seeded Elon won their second tournament champion to earn the league's bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last of 18 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2012–13 academic year.
The 1962 Furman Paladins team represented Furman University for the 1962 NCAA University Division football season and were members of the Southern Conference. The Paladins were led by fifth-year head coach Bob King and played their home games at Sirrine Stadium.
Southern Bleachery and Print Works is a historic factory building in Taylors, Greenville County, South Carolina. Founded by former Furman University English professor Bennette Geer, and built by the J. E. Sirrine Company of Greenville, the mill operated between 1924 and 1965, with the last historic structure being built in 1952. The property consists of 15 contributing resources, including a main building, warehouses, a smokestack, a detached boiler room with smokestack, a filtration plant, and two ponds. The bleachery acquired unfinished goods produced by other textile mills and converted them by bleaching, dyeing, and finishing into material used to manufacture clothing and other items. A small mill village, including Baptist and Methodist churches, was established nearby, and many mill houses continued to exist into the 21st century.
The 1981 Furman Paladins football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Dick Sheridan, the Paladins compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a conference mark of 5–2, winning the SoCon title for the second consecutive season.
The 1978 Furman Paladins football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Dick Sheridan, the Paladins compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a conference mark of 4–1, winning a share of the SoCon title.
The 1925 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1925 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Billy Laval, Furman compiled a 7–3 record, finished in second place in the SIAA, was recognized as the South Carolina state champion, and outscored opponents by a total of 116 to 75. The team played its home games at Manly Field in Greenville, South Carolina.
The 1947 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1947 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Robert W. Smith, the team compiled a 2–7 record, tied for 13 place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 205 to 68. The team played its home games at Sirrine Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.
Old Textile Hall was a former building in Greenville, South Carolina, which from 1917 to 1962, hosted the Southern Textile Exposition, a trade fair for textile machinery. The building also functioned as a municipal auditorium for Greenville until 1958. Old Textile Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, but it was removed after the building was demolished in 1992.
The 1941 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1941 college football season. In its 10th season under head coach Dizzy McLeod, the team compiled a 3–4–2 record, finished in ninth place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 195 to 129. The team played its home games at Sirrine Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina.
Herman Edward "Red" Smith was an American football, baseball, and track coach. He served as the head football coach at Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia from 1939 to 1941 and Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina from 1948 to 1949, compiling a career college football coaching record of 15–28–1. Smith was also the head baseball coach at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in 1936.
The 1936 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University during the 1936 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their fifth year under head coach Dizzy McLeod, the team compiled an overall record of 7–2, with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, and finished in third place in the SoCon. Furman defeated Davidson 14–13 in the first game played at Sirrine Stadium.
The 1936 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson College during the 1936 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their first year under head coach Gene McEver, the team compiled an overall record of 5–4, with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, and finished in seventh place in the SoCon.
