Inductees

Six feet, six inches tall and 260 pounds might be average for a football lineman by today’s standards, but in the 1930s and 1940s, a man that size was nothing…

Bill Redd was one of the greatest athletes to ever play at the University of Chattanooga. A native of Chattanooga, born in 1900, Redd played four sports at UC from…

Hailing from Tiptonville, Tennessee, Jerry Reese was named the New York Giants’ Senior Vice President and General Manager on January 16, 2007. He had spent the previous four seasons as…

Candy Reynolds grew up in Knoxville, TN. At age 10, she was introduced to tennis and started competing. She had a successful junior career, winning State and Southern tournaments, as…

Jack Reynolds came to the University of Tennessee as a hard-charging fullback out of Cincinnati and became a starting linebacker in the second game of his sophomore year in 1967….

Ted Rhodes, the nation’s first black professional golfer, was born in Nashville. He attended the city’s public schools and learned the game of golf in his teenage years while working…

“It’s not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game.” Perhaps the most famous quote in all of sports was coined by one of the most famous…

Herb Rich, one of the best Vanderbilt football players ever, came to Nashville as a freshman and never looked back. A Miami Beach native with all-state honors in football and…

Cornelius Ridley was born in Smyrna, Tennessee in 1932. He developed an avid interest in sports at a young age, playing football, basketball and baseball in school. He graduated from…

Pekka Rinne, an eighth-round pick of the Nashville Predators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, would go on to become one of the most celebrated players in Nashville Predators history….

“Throughout my life I’ve been a competitor… and I’ve loved every minute of it.” These words from Elma Roane, the backbone of women’s athletics at Memphis State University for more…

Certainly, Memphis State University (now University of Memphis) had its fair share of great golfers. Among such Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame inductees as Mason Rudolf and Lou Graham stands…

A native and current resident of Memphis, Andy Roberts has created an international name for himself in the world of racquetball. He climbed the ranks to become one of the…

Loren Roberts is a professional golfer hailing from San Luis Obispo, California. Born on June 24, 1955, Roberts grew up in a family that valued athletics and competed for San…

If you ever had the opportunity to see Leonard “Truck” Robinson play basketball at Tennessee State University or in the NBA, then you know exactly how he earned his nickname….

Les Robinson is a former American basketball coach who enjoyed a long and successful career in the NCAA. Born on September 23, 1942, in St Albans, West Virginia, Robinson began…

Whatever Chuck Rohe does, he does with flair. Rohe, who was head track coach at Tennessee from 1963-71, amassed 21 consecutive SEC titles in cross-country and indoor and outdoor track….

Ronald R. “Scat” Lawson, Sr., was born on April 26, 1941, in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was the son of Dr. James R. Lawson, former president of Fisk University, and Lillian…

“He gives 110 per cent on every play, and does things well enough that you point to him and say, ‘Do it the way Rosenfelder does.’“ So said Tennessee line…

It’s quite possible that without Kyle Rote, Jr. there would be no soccer moms. Growing up in Texas, the son of an NFL superstar, everyone expected young Kyle to follow…