Charles B. Lewis

Charles B. Lewis (born 1937) During his sophomore year in 1954, Lewis won the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) 400 m run and finished second in the 100-yard dash. In his junior year he was victorious in the PIAA 100-yard dash and second in the 400 m run. Lewis and his AAU teammates set a national record in the 4 x 100 relay his junior year. Equally adept in basketball Lewis was the league's leading scorer his senior year averaging 19 points per game. Lewis was awarded an athletic scholarship to Winston-Salem State Teacher's College in North Carolina, where he won the Carolina AAU 400 m run and was ranked one of the top freshmen in the United States. Lewis and his teammates placed second in the freshman mile relay at the Penn Relays and won the Division II 4 x 440 as sophomores.

Lewis qualified for the 1960 United States Olympic Trials but was unable to compete because of his Army service.

He coached the Kennett High School boys' track and field teams for 29 years, boys' and girls' cross country for 23 years, and girls track and field for 10 years, and coached boys' and girls' basketball for 15 years at the middle school. He later served as assistant track coach at Unionville High School (2003–2018).

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Legacy Lewis was a successful coach and an influential mentor to hundreds of athletes who competed at the league, district, and state levels. One of his athletes was Don Webster.

In 2023, Lewis was inducted into the Chester County Sports Hall of Fame.