Inductees

Success seemed to follow Tom Fann wherever he went. Whether as an athlete, teacher, coach, or administrator, his great deeds and accomplishments were many. As a student at McMinnville High…

Few men have ever had as long a career in baseball as did Major Kerby Farrell. Born in Leapwood, Tennessee, in 1913, Farrell signed his first professional baseball contract in…

Beattie Feathers scored thirty-two touchdowns in thirty games for Tennessee during 1931-1933. The Volunteers had a 25-3-2 record during that period. Beattie’s career rushing total, 1,888 yards, lasted thirty-seven years…

A native of Jackson, Tennessee, Rockey Felker was a five-sport letterman at Brownsville High School. He earned All-State honors in football under the tutelage of his father, Edwin “Babe” Felker,…

Larry Finch is the only coach in NCAA history to lead his alma mater to the final four, have his school retire his jersey, and then go on to become…

Jeffrey Michael “Jeff” Fisher is a former American football coach and player. He served as a head coach in the NFL for 22 seasons, primarily with the Houston/Tennessee Oilers/Titans franchise. He coached the Titans for…

A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Mike Fisher retired from the NHL following the 2016-17 season, one in which he led the Nashville Predators to their first-ever trip to the Stanley…

A native of Tennessee, Lou Fitzgerald had a career in professional baseball as player, manager, and scout which spanned over four decades. It all started at Bradley County High School,…

Flatt, a graduate of Cumberland High attended Austin Peay University on a Football scholarship, where he became the field general of the 1964 “rags-to-riches” Austin Peay football team, which went…

A native of Memphis, Billy Fletcher earned All-American honors playing quarterback at South Side High School where he also played basketball, baseball, and ran track. Fletcher was a member of…

Richmond Flowers, Jr. grew up in a household of high expectations. His father, Richmond Flowers Sr. was an Alabama state senator and later the Attorney General. While in high school,…

From caddie to outstanding amateur, from professional to the South’s most respected instructor, J. C. “Jake” Fondren truly “did it all” in the world of golf. Born in Reform, Mississippi,…

Being the eighth of nine children was probably a fertile training ground for Turney Ford. The Gordonsville High School star football, basketball, and baseball player and later legendary prep school…

Bob Foxx could do it all as an athlete, but is probably best remembered for his gridiron heroics on some of the most famous University of Tennessee Volunteer teams in…

One of the University of Tennessee’s greatest running backs, “Hank” Lauricella was one of the fabled single-wing tailbacks who played under General Robert R. Neyland. Playing from 1949 to 1951,…

Phillip Fulmer spent 16 seasons as head coach of the Tennessee Vols and has a long list of accomplishments that have placed him in the top ranks of his profession….

A native of East Tennessee, Ann Baker (Furrow) was the first “Lady” Vol golfer, playing on the men’s team at UT in 1964 and 1965 (25 years before golf was…

The only appropriate word to describe what Dayton, Tennessee, native Jake Gaither accomplished in his twenty-five years as head football coach at Florida A&M is: DYNASTY. Of those twenty-five years…

Although he was a self-proclaimed “bench-warmer” in football at the University of Virginia, Wirt Henry Gammon was nothing less than a star as a sportswriter and editor for the “Chattanooga…

A native of Rutledge, TN, Phil Garner transferred to Bearden High School in Knoxville in order to participate in the schools more complete athletic program. The move paid off and…