LeRoy Sprankle
Name College accolades Notable accomplishments
Albert H. Agett Michigan State football and track , All-American Football Honorable Mention , 1937 College All-Star Game PhD . Organic Chemistry . Kicker for Detroit Lions . Assistant Coach at Michigan State University . Awarded several patents
John R. Bell Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football asst . football coach at Georgia Tech ( 1954-56 , 1959-66 ) , AD and head football coach at SW Louisiana ( 1957-59 ) , AD and head football coach at East Tennessee State University ( 1966-73 ) , ETSU Hall of Fame inductee
Ed Cifers Tennessee football and track team captain played with the Washington Redskins ( 1941-42 , 1946 ) and the Chicago Bears ( 1947 ) , Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary winner , President of Charles H. Bacon Company
Robert Bob Cifers Tennessee football played with the Detroit Lions
Denver Crawford Tennessee football team captain , College All-Star Game drafted by the Green Bay Packers , played with the New York Yankees ( 1940 AFL ) , asst . football coach at Washington & Lee , Maryland , Mississippi State , and Minnesota
Darrell Crawford starting QB at Georgia Tech , 2nd Team All-American , All-Star Game played with the Chicago Cardinals , asst . football coach at the University of Richmond , Georgia Tech Hall of Fame inductee
Van M. Darsey Adrian College football President of Parker Rust-Proof Company and Tropical Paint Company , member of Board of Trustees at Adrian College
Milton DeVault not available two term mayor of Kingsport , TN
Bobby Dodd starting QB at Tennessee , 1930 All-American asst . football coach at Georgia Tech ( 1931-46 ) , head football coach at Georgia Tech ( 1947-67 ) , AD at Georgia Tech ( 1950-76 ) , Georgia Tech Hall of Fame , Georgia Sports Hall of Fame , College Football Hall of Fame inductee ( both as a player and coach )
Paul Hug Tennessee football ( All-Conference Defensive End ) , baseball , basketball , and track head basketball and asst . football coach at Southwestern University in Memphis ( now Rhodes College ) , coach at UT Martin ( 1939-41 , 1946 )
Bobby Peters Princeton basketball , football captain , and track , Football All-American 3-term Tennessee State Senator , Sports Illustrated Silver Anniversary All-American
Tommy Peters Davidson baseball , basketball , football , and track , had the highest basketball PPG in the country final year killed in World War II , silver star
Jimmy Quillen not available Tennessee House of Representatives ( 1954-62 ) , U.S. House of Representatives ( 1963-97 )
Nat H. Reasor Mercer basketball , football , and track played minor league baseball with the Macon Peaches , played with the Memphis Tigers ( AFL ) , AFL All-Star Team , Mercer Hall of Fame inductee
Henry W. Sams PhD from UNC author , dean of English Department at Penn State
Beryl Shipley Delta State basketball head basketball coach at SW Louisiana ( 1957-73 ) , head coach of the San Diego Conquistadors of the ABA ( 1975 ) , Louisiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee , all-time most winningest coach at SW Louisiana
Notable players coached
LeRoy Sprankle (June 11, 1894 - September 25, 1972) was an American high school sports coach and athletics advocate in Eastern Tennessee and South Florida. Often referred to as the Father of East Tennessee Sports, he had several notable accomplishments during his tenured career including: helping to standardize high school officiating in the state of Tennessee, pioneering interstate and international high school sports competition, and most notably, coaching several would-be prominent figures in American and sports history.