Inductees

It is hard to believe there was a time not long ago when a college lineman weighing 195 pounds was the largest man on his team! Ernest Eldridge was such…

Who knows how far Judy Eller Street might have gone as a professional golfer? One thing is for certain, she could not have gone much farther as an amateur. A…

Dale Ellis played basketball for the University of Tennessee from 1979-1983 and led the Vols to the NCAA tournament all four years. Ellis was a two-time first team All-American and…

You can still find old college football players from the mid-1960s who can recall tackles delivered by Tennessee linebacker, Frank Emanuel. A native of Newport News, Virginia, Frank Emanuel played…

Anyone who has ever attended a minor league baseball game expects surprises. Since the great players are not around long enough to draw the crowds, minor league fans come out…

Jimmy England was an All-State guard at Knoxville’s Holston High School. He was selected to the All-State team as a junior and senior. In the 1966-67 season, he was named…

A key to Coach E. B. “Red” Etter’s remarkable success has always been his fine character, best illustrated in his own words: “Whatever honors and awards that have come my…

If we look back at some of the most successful high school coaches in our nation’s history, W. Hickman Ewing Sr. must be among them. As a prep player in…

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,…