Hall of Fame
Short played for the Mountain Lions from 1949-1951. He was twice named to the All-State basketball team after breaking the school’s individual scoring record for a single season and topped his own record by netting 594 points in an era when there was no three-point line.
Following his career at YHC, Short played for Georgia Teachers College—now Georgia Southern University. He joined the U.S. Air Force where he helped his teammates in scoring and assists before his discharge in 1955. He found a home at the Northside Youth Organization in Atlanta where he coached basketball, baseball and football for more than 20 years.
Short also began a career as a sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution and later served in various capacities in the administrations of many Georgia governors. He was later appointed Regional Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness by President Lyndon Johnson. In the mid-1970s, he entered the private sector, and eventually founded his own firm, Investmart, Inc.
After Short retired from the business world, he became special assistant to U.S. Sen. Zell Miller, ’51, and his successor, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson. He wrote an award-winning biography on Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox and hosted an oral history series about Georgia politics which is currently housed in the Zell and Shirley Miller Library
