Dual Sport Athletes – Chuck Rohe Era

Dual Sport Athletes2021-09-30T02:58:08+00:00

Dual Sport Athletes (1963-1972)

NAME	TRACK LETTERS	FOOTBALL/BASKETBALL LETTERS	NOTES
Andy Bennett	69	69, 71
Richard Callaway		67, 68, 69
Whit Canale	63, 64	62, 64
Don Denbo	Column 2 Value 4	68, 69, 70	Shot & Discus
Sid Elliott	62, 63, 64	62, 63, 64	High Jump
Dick Evey	61, 62, 63	61, 62, 63	Fifth in SEC Shot Put, Chicago Bears 64-69; LA Rams 1970; Detroit Lions 1971
Jeff Flowers	71, 72, 73, 74
Richmond Flowers	66, 67, 68, 69	66, 67, 68	SEC 100 Champion (1967), 120 HH Champion (1967,1968,1969), All America 1967 Dallas Cowboys 1969,1970; NY Giants 1971, 1972
Merlyn Hood	70, 71, 72	70, 71	Third in SEC 60 (1971); Second in SEC 60 (1971)
Tom Jernigan	67, 68	67, 68
Chip Kell	68, 69, 70	68, 69, 70	SEC Shot Put Champion 1968 (SEC record), 1969, and 1970, Canadian Football League 1971-72 Playboy All America 1969; Consensus All America 1969 and 1970
Gene Killian	72, 73, 74	71, 72, 73
Karl Kremser	67, 68, 69	67, 68	SEC High Jump Champion (1968)
Kenneth Lambert		71, 72
Chick McGeehan	66, 67, 68	68	Member of SEC Champion 440 Relay (1967); Third in SEC 100 (1968)
Skip Plotnicki	63, 65	65	Hurdles
Jimmy Sullivan		62, 64	Sprinter
Stan Trott	69, 70, 71	70, 71, 72	Sprints and Long Jump, 5th in the 1968 SEC long jump, 3rd in the SEC long jump in both 1970 and 1971.
Tom West	71, 72, 73, 74

The Chuck Rohe Track Era

In 1962 the University of Tennessee hired a young track coach, Chuck Rohe. The next nine years, along with the Stan Huntsman era to follow, began the most successful era of SEC track & field and cross-country dominance in the school’s history.