Inductees

“Buster” Ramsey is one of the most accomplished football players to ever come out of East Tennessee. An all-state and All-Southern guard at Knoxville High in 1938, Ramsey went on…

Willie Gault was born in Griffin, Georgia, where he played football and ran track at Griffin High School.  Highly recruited as a dual sport athlete, he chose the University of Tennessee for its…

It may be going too far to say that golf saved Mrs. Dave Gaut’s life, but little Marguerite, who was a frail ninety-five pounds, took up the sport in 1911,…

Some people are born to coach. Others are born to contribute behind the scenes. Tennessee State University’s Howard Gentry was one of those rare people born to do both. The…

A Nashvillian through and through, Charles “Willie” Geny attended Father Ryan High School, where he lettered in football and basketball from 1930 to 1932 and was captain of both sports…

Eddie George attended Ohio State University. During the 1995 season, as a senior, George rushed for a school record 1, 927 yards and 24 touchdowns.One of his best performances of…

Gill Gideon could easily have quit while he was ahead. He could have stayed on as coach and athletic administrator at high schools in Lexington and Jackson, where he had…

Gilbert was born and raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and still makes his home there with his wife Judy. His father started him in golf at the age of 13 and…

Larry Gilbert played baseball before McGuire hit seventy or Maris hit sixty-one, before Williams batted .400 or Ruth “built” Yankee Stadium. Gilbert played on the “Miracle” Boston Braves of 1914,…

Bettye L. Giles, an outstanding leader and administrator in women’s intercollegiate athletics and physical education was on of the founders of the Tennessee College Women’s Sports Federation that was formed…

One  of  the most popular singers in modern country music, Vince Gill has a love  for  country  music,  top-notch  songwriting,  and world-class guitar playing,  all  wrapped  in  a  warm  tenor …

Joe Gilliam was an All-American quarterback at Tennessee State University between 1969 and 1972 who led his team to a 39-3 record and two Black College National Championships in 1970…

Born in Steubenville, Ohio in 1929, Joe Gilliam demonstrated outstanding leadership at an early age by earning All-American honors as quarterback for West Virginia State. He went on to serve…

  Of all the tributes paid to Nashville native Junior Gilliam, perhaps the most monumental was when his number “19” was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers just two days…

Margaret Sexton Gleaves, an outstanding basketball player in the 1940’s, requires little introduction for sport historians and students of the game of basketball. The eight time All-American guard played on…

A native of Smyrna, Tennessee, John B. Gooch was a baseball player through and through. He started his professional career at Nashville in 1914 as catcher with the Old Anchor…

From DeLand, Florida, a star was born! Bridgette Gordon was a standout basketball player throughout her life. Under the rigorous coaching of Pat Summitt at the University of Tennessee, she…

Conrad Graham, who grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and graduated from R. J. Reynolds High School, signed with the University of Tennessee as a defensive back in 1969. Graham…

OK, weekend golfers, admit it! On some practice putting green, sometime in your life, as you’ve lined up a seven-footer, the imaginary commentator’s voice has popped into your head with…

For H. Kirk Grantham it wasn’t “location, location, location.” It was “fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals.” After his World War I service, Grantham realized his abilities as a player at Union University…