This article documents the naming of the Memorial gymnasium at East Carolina for John B. Christianbury. This and other articles may be found in the records of the Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes Files, Record Group CH1000, Series 1, in the University Archives. John B. Christianbury Memorial Gym, The Daily Reflector , Greenville, N.C., July 19, 1989.
Oversights sometimes go unnoticed for many years.
His two-year record of 15 wins and 12 losses gave him an 80 percent win record, still the best of all ECU football coaches. Bear in mind that in those days there was no Ficklen Stadium and few men on campus. The football games were played on a field not too far from where Memorial Gym is now located. The crowds were near non-existent and the names of some opponent schools would barely be recognized today. The schedule included Tusculum, Newport News Apprentice, Western Carolina, Newport Navy, Erskine, Bergen and Belmont Abbey.