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Tommy Gladden Memorial

Tommy Gladden Memorial Thomas G. Gladden passed away on May 28, 2003, in Cartersville, Georgia at age 58. Tom was born on November 17, 1944. Tom was a track star at Northside High School in northeast Atlanta and was one of the top hurdlers and long jumpers in the state

Tommy Gladden Memorial2023-10-11T17:21:26+00:00

Lynn Gammage Memorial

Lynn Gammage Memorial Olin Lynn Gammage, Jr. (July 13, 1945 - May 19, 2012) Mr. Olin Lynn Gammage, Jr. of Cedartown, GA passed away on Saturday May 19, 2012. He was 66 years old. He was born July 13, 1945 in Albany, GA, the son of Olin L. Gammage, Sr. and

Lynn Gammage Memorial2023-10-11T17:19:55+00:00

Dick Evey Memorial

Dick Evey Memorial Richard T. "Dick" Evey, age 72, passed away May 23rd at Ben Atchley State Veterans Home in Knoxville, TN after a long illness. Mr. Evey, a resident of Maryville, TN for forty-three years, was born on February 13, 1941, in State College, PA to Homer and Ethel

Dick Evey Memorial2022-05-16T17:11:04+00:00

John Whitfield Memorial

John Whitfield Memorial John Whitfield "Whit" Canale Birth: Dec. 27, 1941 Death: Sep. 17, 2011 John Whitfield "Whit" Canale, 69, returned to the loving arms of Jesus September 17, 2011. Whit was born in Memphis on December 27, 1941. He graduated from Catholic High School for Boys in 1960. He

John Whitfield Memorial2023-10-11T17:34:52+00:00

George P. Moschis (Javelin, 1966-April 1967)

Summary bio (from GSU's Website) George P. Moschis is Alfred Bernhardt Research Professor of Marketing and the founding director of the Center for Mature Consumer Studies (CMCS) at Georgia State University. He is also a visiting professor at Mahidol University, Thailand, where he has founded and directed the Consumer Life-course Studies

George P. Moschis (Javelin, 1966-April 1967)2022-05-16T17:13:05+00:00

Jimmy Watson

A True Hero UT Track:  1963-1966, Manager ​Military Experience:  USMC; 1967 -1975; Captain; After completing The Basic School at Quantico and Flight School in Pensacola, Jimmy Watson went to Vietnam in November 1969 and flew helicopter missions there for about 13 months. A little more than five years later, on

Jimmy Watson2022-05-16T17:14:03+00:00

Steve Deaton, 1964-1967

Travel Misadventures Since we traveled so much, how about the best (or worst) travel stories? I have some candidates: The trip to the indoor Winter Relays at VMI in 1964. The bus driver had just been married and was distracted and forgot to fill up the bus with diesel fuel while

Steve Deaton, 1964-19672022-05-16T17:14:42+00:00

Steve Keltner

Tobacco Barns and Achilles Tendons When I enrolled in the fall of 1965, I was about as wide-eyed as a freshman could be. I had received a dozen or more full ride offers, all orchestrated by my high school coach, Jerry Peters of Memphis University School. I had broken the

Steve Keltner2022-05-16T17:16:19+00:00

Ron Addison

Looking Back on Tennessee's National Champs Written by: Ron Addison Published by RACING SOUTH, February 1983 Reprinted with permission [Editor's note: Ron wrote the following story shortly after the 1972 championship team gathered in Knoxville to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their stunning victory. Their coach, Stan Huntsman, was there

Ron Addison2022-05-16T17:17:04+00:00

John Ellington

Football Recruiting Coach Rohe coordinated recruiting for football at the same time he was head coach of the track team. One of his innovations was to ask pretty high school juniors and seniors from the Knoxville schools to be Vol hostesses when the recruits came to town for their campus

John Ellington2022-05-16T17:17:47+00:00

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