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Sam Hardy was a four-year basketball letterman for the Lions from 1950-53. He led the team in scoring in 1950 (404), 1951 (347) and 1952 (388). His top single-game performance was a 35-point outburst against Lambuth in 1952.
Hardy played in 90 career games with 545 field goals, 235 free throws and 1,325 points for a 14.7 average. His 404 points in 1950 and his 1,325 career points set school records at the time. At the time of his induction, 42 years after his graduation, he still ranked sixth among UNA's all-time leading scorers. A graduate of Phil Campbell High School, Hardy graduated from Florence State in 1953 with a degree in math and chemistry.
He later received a Doctor of Science degree in 1979 from the Southeastern Institute of Technology. His career consisted of 30 years as an Aerospace Engineer with the U.S. Army Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala. At retirement, he was serving as the Technical Director of the Army Missile Command's Advanced Systems Concepts Office.
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