David Scobey is not partial to just one sport. As player, coach, and official, it seems as though there is hardly a sport in which he did not have his hands at one time or another. Educated in the public schools of Nashville, Scobey was a standout athlete at both David Lipscomb College and Vanderbilt University. He was captain of the Lipscomb basketball team in 1942 and captained the Commodores cagers in 1945. Scobey also played baseball for both schools. After graduating, he played semipro baseball in the Nashville City League, and professional basketball in the Southern Basketball League. Scobey’s athletics career continued as the baseball and assistant basketball coaches at Vanderbilt from 1949 to 1955. Yet, with all his years as a player and coach, the majority of Scobey’s career was spent officiating. He was a TSSAA football and basketball official for twenty-seven years. He also officiated for seventeen years in Southeastern Conference basketball and twenty-five years in SEC football, where he saw action in eleven post-season games, including the Sugar, Orange, Cotton, and Liberty bowls. In honor of his devotion to athletics, Scobey received the Contribution to Football Award from the National Football Foundation in 1988, and he was also elected to the David Lipscomb College Hall of Fame and the Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame. Scobey’s record of public service is outstanding as well. He was first elected Vice Mayor of Metropolitan Nashville in 1971 and remained in that office for over twenty-five years, before finally retiring.