Inductees

Richard “Dick” Barnett began his basketball career playing for Gary Roosevelt High School in Indiana where he led his team to the state championship. In 1955, Barnett came to Tennessee…

The name John Barnhill is so highly esteemed in the football annals of the University of Tennessee that “John Barnhill Day” was held on October 1, 1966. Barnhill was an…

A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, Sam Bartholomew played football at Dobyns-Bennett High School on two state championship teams (state rushing leader and All State his senior year). Recruited by coach…

Samuel W. Bartholomew Sr. was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in 1917. He enrolled at the University of Tennessee in 1936 and was captain of the legendary 1939 football team,…

Tennis and basketball seem to use very different skill sets, and it is rare that the two sports are linked. But in the case of Tommy Bartlett, the fit always…

Gene Bartow, legendary college basketball coach and a native of Browning, Missouri, led the 1973 Memphis State Tiger basketball team to the NCAA National Championship Game against UCLA. Bartow also…

Bill Battle began his collegiate career at the University of Alabama, where he went on to become a three-year starter playing both offense and defense, and he was on Coach…

Roscoe “Charlie” Bayless served his country and community throughout his remarkable life. As a World War II veteran, Bayless fought in the Battle of the Bulge and served as a…

When Johnny Beazley returned to Nashville after his illustrious major league baseball career, he brought back two things: pride and a World Series ring. Beazley started his baseball career with…

L. Philip “Phil” Beene is among the legends of General Robert Neyland’s University of Tennessee Volunteer football teams. An outstanding player at UT, Beene was a member of Neyland’s “Flaming…

Bob Bell’s 50 year sportscasting career in the state of Tennessee began as a DJ at WDXE radio on Lawrenceburg, where Bob got his first taste of play by play…

Born in Clincho, Virginia, on June 12, 1922, John Robert Bell attended Georgia Tech and East Tennessee State University, where he majored in management & economics, before heading on to…

Julian Bell was an educator and community leader in the state of Tennessee for more than forty years. Born in 1900 and reared near Jellico, Tennessee, he worked in the…

The late Vernon Bell was a cofounder of the PGA tournament now known as the Federal Express St. Jude Classic, and he served as the tourney’s general chairman for twenty-two…

Cathy’s career in the financial arena spans over 30 years with Merrill. Her focus is on creating financial solutions before, during and after wealth creation events such as divorce, death,…

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bernard King became one of the most explosive basketball players in history. Playing for the University of Tennessee from 1975 – 1977, Coach Ray Mears…

Eric Berry is a former American football safety who played in the National Football League for nine seasons. He was born on December 29, 1988, in Fairburn, Georgia, and attended…

“Through the years I have had wonderful relationships with many members of the sports writing profession,” once said legendary UT football All-American and coach, Johnny Majors. “But none of them…

He was a sharp, scripture-quoting son of a Latin and Greek scholar. Dana X. Bible’s unspectacular coaching techniques brought solid, fundamental football to the Southwest. At Mississippi College (1913-1915), Louisiana…

Joe Biddle is a Tennessee native, born June 13, 1944, in Johnson City and has been writing about sports for different publications for decades. His father died when Joe was…