Compiled by Mike McCombs
February 20
1995: Dee Delaney is born in Beaufort. Delaney, a Seabrook native, was a star athlete at Whale Branch Early College High School, earning 14 total varsity letters in four sports – baseball, basketball, football and track. Delaney played college football at The Citadel, then the University of Miami (Fla.). Delaney played for five teams (Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers) in the NFL. He was named the head football coach at Whale Branch in February 2026.
February 23
1868: James Edwin McTeer, future Beaufort County Sheriff, is born.
1915: Beaufort’s Robert Smalls dies. At the time of his death, he was suffering from malaria and diabetes.