| Ronald Melton |
Full Name: Ronald Harold Melton
Born: October 14, 1926, Lottie, Ala.
Died: November 7, 2009, Tallahassee, Fla.
School: Leon High School in Tallahassee, Florida
Seminole Relations: Brother of Leonard Melton
|
| FSU Career |
| Football | |
Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 1947 24 G 6-0 165 Fr Tallahassee |
 |
| Baseball | |
Year No Pos Hgt Wgt B T Cl Ltr Hometown 1949 C-3B 6-0 165 Fr * Tallahassee 1950 1B 6-0 165 So * Tallahassee 1951 1B-C 6-0 165 Jr * Tallahassee 1952 OF-C 6-0 165 Sr * Tallahassee 1958 Assistant Coach 1959 Assistant Coach |
|
| Comments |
|
Ronald Harold Melton Obituary. Published by the Tallahassee Democrat on Nov 9, 2009, page 7. Ronald H. Melton, 83, passed away Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at his residence. Ron made his home in Tallahassee in 1937. He graduated from Leon high school, where he was active in athletics. He served in the Navy and was stationed at Guantanamo Bay during World War II. He played on FSU's first baseball and football teams. Ron graduated from FSU with a B.A. in Business. He retired from the City of Tallahassee in 1990. Ron is survived by his wife of 37 years, Connie S. Melton, daughters Lyndee Turner (husband Ronnie) and Ginny Rudell (husband Darryl) and brother Leonard Melton (wife Pat), all of Tallahassee; 9 grandchildren, Sarah Frances, Michelle, Ronnie, Darryl, Michael, Stacey, Betsey, Jordan and Jada; and 1 great grandson, Lucas. Ron was preceded in death by two
children, Kathy Horne-Smith and Ronnie Melton, and his parents, Leonard and
Bobbie Melton. |
| FSU Statistics |
| Football |
Season Statistics
Defense
| Tackles | Sacks | Fumble | Pass Defense | Blkd | PAT Attempts | | | |
Year GP | ua a Tot tfl-yds | no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick | kick rsh rcv | fg | saf dxp | td | pts
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
1947 | 0 0 0 0.0- | 0.0- | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 0 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot 0 | 0 0 0 0.0- 0 | 0.0- 0 | 0 0- 0- 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 | 0- 0 0 0 | 0- 0 | 0 0 | 0 | 0
|
Offense/Kick and Punt Returns
| Rushing | Receiving | Passing | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | all
Year GP | no yds avg td lg | no yds avg td lg | cmp- att-int yds td lg | no yds avg td lg | no yds avg td lg | purp
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
1947 | 0 0.0 | 0.0 | - - | 0.0 | 0.0 |
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0- 0- 0 0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 0
|
| Football |
| Football |
Game Statistics |
|
|
| Baseball |
Batting Statistics YEAR AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 .295 18 18 78 18 23 1 1 1 12 29 .372 5 0 2 .337 0 6 1950 .341 20 20 88 15 30 2 0 1 13 35 .398 1 .348 2 1951 .300 17 16 70 14 21 7 1 1 10 33 .471 .300 2 1952 .327 14 14 52 10 17 2 2 0 6 23 .442 3 3 .364 2 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tot .316 69 68 288 57 91 12 4 3 41 120 .417 8 1 5 0 .337 0 2 11 0 |
Fielding Statistics Year PO AST E FLD% DP ---------------------------- 1949 82 9 9 .910 ---------------------------- Tot 82 9 9 .910 0 |
| Baseball |
Game Statistics |
1949
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar 30 Mississippi 4 .500 1 C 4 2 2 1 3 4 0
Mar 31 Mississippi 4 .375 1 C 4 1 1 1 1 1 1
Apr 1 Mercer 4 .364 1 C 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
Apr 2 Oglethorpe 4 .333 1 C 4 0 1 0 1 0 2
Apr 8 Mississippi College 4 .381 1 C 6 2 3 1 6 0
Apr 9 Millsaps College 4 .346 1 3B 5 2 1 0 1 0
Apr 15 Southern College 4 .290 1 C 5 1 0 0 0 0
Apr 16 Southern College 4 .257 1 C 4 2 0 0 0 0
Apr 18 Mississippi College 4 .282 1 3B 4 1 2 1 2 0
Apr 19 Mississippi College 4 .302 1 C 4 0 2 3 2 0
Apr 22 Stetson .333 1 5 3 3 0
Apr 29 Tampa 4 .314 1 C 3 1 0 0 0 2 2
Apr 30 Tampa 4 .321 1 C 5 0 2 0 2 1 1
May 7 Mercer 4 .300 1 C 4 0 0 0 0
May 13 Stetson 4 .308 1 C 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 5 1
May 14 Stetson 4 .304 1 C 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1
May 20 Southern College 4 .301 1 C 4 1 1 1 0
May 21 Southern College 4 .286 1 C 4 0 0 0 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.286 18 18 77 14 22 0 1 1 9 27 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 5 5
1950
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar 27 Mississippi College 4 .000 1 1B 5 1 0 0 0 1 0
Mar 28 Mississippi College 4 .000 1 1B 5 1 0 0 0 1 1
Mar 31 Rollins College 4 .000 1 C 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
Apr 1 Rollins College 7 .118 1 C 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 1
Apr 7 Florida Southern Col 6 .190 1 1B 4 0 2 0 2 0
Apr 8 Florida Southern Col 6 .200 1 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0
Apr 10 Bradley 6 .276 1 1B 4 0 3 0 3 0
Apr 11 Bradley 6 .303 1 1B 4 0 2 0 2 0
Apr 14 Stetson 4 .297 1 1B 4 0 1 0 1 0
Apr 15 Stetson 4 .300 1 1B 3 1 1 0 1 0
Apr 21 Tampa 4 .289 1 1B 5 0 1 1 0 2 0
Apr 22 Tampa 4 .320 1 1B 5 1 3 2 3 0
Apr 28 Mercer 4 .315 1 1B 4 0 1 1 1 0
Apr 29 Mercer 4 .310 1 1B 4 2 1 0 1 0
May 5 Tampa 4 .333 1 1B 5 1 3 3 3 0
May 6 Tampa 4 .338 1 1B 5 1 2 1 1 3 0
May 12 Mercer 4 .342 1 1B 5 1 2 1 2 5 0
May 13 Mercer 4 .333 1 1B 5 1 1 0 1 1 1
May 19 Stetson 4 .337 1 1B 5 3 2 2 0
May 20 Stetson 4 .341 1 1B 5 1 2 1 2 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.341 20 20 88 15 30 2 0 1 10 35 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 10 1 1
1951
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar 14 Tennessee 6 .500 1 C 4 0 2 1 2 3 0
Mar 21 Georgia 6 .500 1 C 4 1 2 1 1 3 0
Mar 23 Miami 5 .583 1 C 4 0 3 0 3 0
Mar 24 Miami 5 .412 1 C 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 1
Mar 26 Florida Southern Col 5 .381 1 C 4 2 1 0 1 0
Mar 27 Florida Southern Col 5 .346 1 C 5 1 1 1 1 0
Apr 2 Mississippi College 5 .379 1 C 3 2 2 1 1 5 0
Apr 3 Mississippi College 5 .364 1 C 4 0 1 0 1 0
Apr 5 Rollins College 5 .368 1 C 5 1 2 1 2 3 0
Apr 18 Tallahassee Citizens 5 .364 1 C 6 1 2 2 2 0 9 0
Apr 20 Stetson 5 .340 1 C 3 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 21 Stetson 5 .314 1 C 4 0 0 0 0 0
Apr 27 Georgia 4 .327 1 C 4 1 2 1 0 3 0
Apr 28 Georgia 7a .321 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
May 3 Florida Southern Col 4 .300 1 C 4 1 0 0 0 2 2
May 11 Mississippi College 4 .308 1 1B 5 2 2 1 1 1 6 0
May 12 Mississippi College 4 .300 1 1B 5 1 1 0 1 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.300 17 16 70 14 21 6 1 1 10 32 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 13 1 1
1952
Date Opponent BAT AVG GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SO SF SH SB ATT PO A E
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mar 17 Kenyon College 5 .750 1 LF 4 2 3 1 1 4 0 1 1
Mar 18 Kenyon College 5 .500 1 LF 4 1 1 1 1 3 0
Mar 21 Georgia 5 .500 1 RF 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Mar 22 Georgia .500 1 C 0 0
Mar 27 Amherst College 5 .385 1 LF 3 0 0 1 0 0
Mar 28 Loyola-New Orleans 6 .375 1 C 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
Mar 29 Loyola-New Orleans 6 .316 1 C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0
Apr 5 Miami 5 .304 1 C 4 0 1 1 0 2 0
Apr 5 Miami 5 .321 1 C 5 1 2 0 2 0
Apr 11 Stetson 5 .355 1 C 3 0 2 0 2 0
Apr 29 Florida Southern Col 5 .389 1 C 5 2 3 1 3 5 0
May 9 Rollins College 5 .400 1 C 4 1 2 0 2 0 8 0
May 10 Rollins College 5 .364 1 C 4 0 0 0 0 0
May 16 Stetson 4 .354 1 C 4 0 1 0 1 0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.354 14 14 48 8 17 2 2 0 6 23 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 1 2
|