Inductees

Jamie Rotella became the sixth Tennessee linebacker to earn All-America honors over a seven year period as he was named All-America following the 1972 football season. During his time in…

Born at Jackson, Tennessee, in 1926, Elwyn P. “Rip” Rowan was a football star at Central High School in Memphis during the early 1940s. He earned his nickname as a…

Jackson, Tennessee native Brandon Rowland has excelled athletically and personally, despite immense adversity he has experienced since childhood. At the age of six, he was diagnosed with a rare blood…

Roy Kramer, a graduate of Maryville College, coached high school football for nearly a decade. From his very first job as a head football coach, Kramer showed that he is…

With the close of the 1997 football season, Coach Jake Rudolph stepped off the field as the winningest high school football coach in Shelby County history. He compiled an impressive…

In all likelihood, the majority of sixteen-year olds are more concerned with passing their driver’s test than sinking putts at the U.S. Open. But in 1950, Mason Rudolph was worrying…

Among Tennessee’s many sports stars, there are a few whose remarkable accomplishments and unquenchable spirits shine just a little brighter. Wilma Rudolph could light up a winter sky. The legend…

Susan Russ is truly a pioneer in women’s athletics. Upon graduation and receiving her Masters from Murray State University, Russ entered into her coaching career while teaching at Memphis State…

Vanderbilt graduate Fred Russell gave up a career in law to be a sportswriter. And Tennessee sports fans will forever be grateful that he did. Russell joined the sports staff…

Verties Sails, Jr., a native of Tennessee, was born in Rosemark in 1942. He graduated from Woodstock High School, LeMooyne-Owen College and received his Masters in Education from Memphis State…

Simply put, Doris Sams was a great all-round athlete. She excelled in absolutely every sport she played. Track, softball, tennis, ping pong, bowling, badminton, swimming, horseshoes, volleyball, basketball – you…

Sam Sanders’ football career began with a broken nose. When he was just ten years old in 1910, Sanders, who weighed less than 100 pounds, tackled the school’s star fullback….

Henry “Red” Sanders was an all-round athlete at Vanderbilt. He lettered three years in football, played basketball, and captained the baseball team. His first coaching job was on the Clemson…

Davis “Sandy” Sandlin served as the athletic trainer for the University of Chattanooga (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) for nearly forty years. During the summers, Sandlin worked with Joe Engel’s…

Although he never played sports himself, the esteemed Vanderbilt educator Dr. Charles Madison Sarratt was a man of deep integrity who truly believed in the importance of athletics. “When a…

For most in Middle Tennessee, the name Schmittou is synonymous with baseball. Of his many accomplishments, he might be best known for bringing professional baseball back to Nashville. A life-time…

Harry Schuh is considered one of the greatest football players to ever put on a Memphis State University uniform. An All-American in college, Schuh played from 1961 to 1964 under…

David Scobey is not partial to just one sport. As player, coach, and official, it seems as though there is hardly a sport in which he did not have his…

Larry Seivers (born 1954 in Clinton, TN) became one of Tennessee’s greatest receiving threats during his UT career and finished as the best of his era after leading the Tennessee…

John Seward’s brilliant basketball career at Duke University was outshined only by his remarkable record of community service to Johnson City and the state of Tennessee after his glorious college…