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Herman Hickman was one of the finest linemen to play the game, often mentioned with Yale’s legendary Pudge Hefelfinger whenever all-time great guards are discussed. Hickman was a 205-pound seventeen-year-old…

It isn’t easy to become recognized nationally as a college football coach at a school with some 300 students. Furthermore, it doesn’t become any easier when you have no assistant…

“Nashville Banner” Sports Editor Fred Russell penned the following tribute to colleague “Blinkey” Horn upon the latter’s death on May 20, 1937: “He never saw the inside of an academic…

Those of us who have been fans of football in all Tennessee colleges through the years remember former Memphis State University president Dr. Cecil C. Humphreys best as “Sonny” Humphreys,…

A “stalwart” of the 1915 Vanderbilt football team, Irby Rice “Rabbit” Curry made the offense and the scoreboard whirl. As quarterback for the Commodores, Curry earned a second nickname, “Spirit…