The career of sportscaster Lindsey Nelson (’41), one of the best-known voices in TV sports, began and ended at UT.
General Robert Neyland
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The guest book sits on a table at the entrance of Gus Manning’s room at Little Creek Sanitarium. Adorned with an orange cover, its pages are filled with names and dates printed in blue ink. From famous athletes and coaches to everyday people like secretaries and ticket takers, the content reveals the depth of Manning’s impact at the University of Tennessee. Manning worked nearly 50 years in the Tennessee athletics department after graduating from the university in 1950.
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One of the ironies of American culture is that, repeatedly, the South becomes known for its devotion to things it first resisted. As strange as it may seem, the South…
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General Robert Neyland’s game maxims helped former football player Austin “Shifty” Shofner (’37) and several others escape a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.
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Andy Kozar was the Vol we all aspire to become. Read a reflection on his life by his close colleagues.