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Posthumous Inductee
Harry Anderson |
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Memphis native Harry Anderson was a
versatile athlete for the Tennessee Volunteer teams of the mid-1930s. Standing
6'4" and weighing 200 pounds, Anderson came to UT on a track scholarship and was
the high point man in the 1936 SEC meet. He placed in the top four in the high
jump, the broad jump, the 100-yard dash and 22-yard dash. He was SEC champ in
the broad jump and the 100-yard dash. | 
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He was captain of the 1934-35 Vol hoops
team, the 1935-36 SEC championship team and the 1936-37 team, playing in the championship
game of the SEC Tournament two of three years and splitting a pair of decisions.
He was a defensive standout in the 1936 SEC Tournament, holding three opposing
centers, who had scored 53 points combined in their previous games, to a grand
total of four. He averaged 14 points per game from his center position for the
Vols. "No one who played in the SEC in our time had as much leaping ability
as Harry," teammate Biggie Marshall said. "His spring was tremendous, and he was
such a good athlete that he almost never timed his jumps wrong. We were still
playing under the old center jump rule, and his ability to get the taps was as
important as in our winning the championship as anything else." |
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was Tennessee's first All-America selection, being selected by Converse in his
senior season. He was also named All-SEC that season. He stayed active in sports
after his playing days were over, serving as an official in football and basketball.
Anderson was named to the early era (1933 -63) of all-time Vol basketball in a
Knoxville Journal poll. Anderson once ran a 9.5 100 yard dash, 21.7 in the 220
and leapt 61" in the high jump. He once beat a horse in the 100-yard dash, although
he did have a 10-yard head start. He held seven school track records. Anderson
died in Memphis at age 83 on June 21, 1996. | | |
