Inductees

Bud Adams led a fascinating life. He played college football at Kansas, served in the Navy during World War II and founded an oil company which became the first of…

Billy Joe Adcock did it all at West High School in Nashville. Starting in 1943 through 1946 he was a three-year letterman in football, basketball and baseball. He was a…

Samuel Webster Agee from Courtland, Alabama, began his illustrious athletic career in 1931 at the age of fifteen. At Columbia Military Academy in Columbia, Tennessee, Agee played football, basketball, and…

Back in the days when baseball was the number-one sport in America, and a man named Babe captivated our nation, Tennessee’s own Dale Alexander was setting records and winning batting…

Edgar Allen’s association with journalism and media relations covers over fifty years, beginning in 1941. He still remembers a telephone call three weeks after Pearl Harbor from the legendary Fred…

Ermal Allen was born & raised in Tennessee. He was a standout high school athlete in basketball, football, golf and track.  He earned 16 letters at Morristown High under the…

Joe Allison played high school football at American High School in Miami, Fla. He was quarterback, punter and place kicker and was named All-Dade County punter his senior year. He…

Mention the name Bill Anderson to Tennessee football fans of his generation, and they’ll tell you of great accomplishments on the gridiron. Mention his name to Vol fans of any…

Chantelle Anderson is the most decorated athlete in Vanderbilt Women’s basketball history. Born in Loma Linda, California, Anderson traveled across the country to attend Vanderbilt University and play in the…

Born in Plant, Tennessee in 1934, Charlie Anderson was a Cohn High School graduate and U.S. Navy veteran. He received his undergraduate degree from Middle Tennessee State University and then…

According to Vol teammate Biggie Marshall, “no one who played in the SEC in our time had as much leaping ability as Harry [Anderson]. His spring was tremendous, and he…

Paul Annacone was the University of Tennessee’s first three-time All-American and a two-time SEC champion. In 1984, he was the Rolex National Indoor singles champion and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association…

To say the late John Antonelli had baseball in his blood would be like saying Johnny Cash can sing; it’s stating the obvious. Antonelli’s love for professional baseball kept him…

For those familiar with football history at the University of Memphis, Coach Murray Armstrong and the Tigers program are inextricably linked. They comprise a union that spans almost 40 years,…

Sam Atcheson won the four-wall National Open singles title in 1933 and 1934. In 1945, at the age of 43, he added the Open doubles title with partner Walter Detweiler….

As the all-state center on a high school basketball team that won forty-four straight games, Doug Atkins came to the University of Tennessee to play basketball. However, head football coach…

Dean Bailey has had a lifetime of significant athletic achievement since his college days at East Tennessee State University during the 1930s. He was a multi-sport star at ETSU, earning…

Tennessee native Ed Bailey was born in 1931 in Strawberry Plains and enrolled at the University of Tennessee in 1948 on a basketball and baseball scholarship. But baseball was his…

George Barker was born near Falling Water, Tennessee, in 1901. He attended Baylor School, where he came under the influence of Dr. Alexander Guerry, who helped shape his life. Barker…

Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, Bill Barnes played football at Central High School where he was named All-Southern his senior year. Upon graduation Barnes was recruited by many of the…