Doug Brown – Steeplechase/Distance, 1973 (Olympian 1972, 1976, 1980)
It is not every year that an athlete like Doug Brown comes along. The track star was "Mr. Everything" in distance running at the University of Tennessee. During his collegiate career, Brown, who was the number-one-ranked steeplechaser in the U.S., held every distance record in Tennessee annals and was All-America four consecutive years (1971 to 1974) in three [...]
Willie Thomas – 800m, 1972
Willie Thomas was captain of UT's first NCAA Championship track team in 1974. Thomas was the first UT athlete to be both two-time captain and two-time individual national champion. He captured All-America honors by winning the outdoor NCAA 880 yard run twice during his career. The first came in 1972 when he set the school record of 1:47.1 [...]
James Craig – 800m, 1971
James Craig was one of two pioneers (the other Audry Hardy) to join the track team in 1968 as the first African American scholarship runners. Craig helped anchor a dominant UT track team that won four straight SEC championships. He made All-America honors in 1971 as a member of the indoor and outdoor mile relays teams that placed [...]
Bill Skinner – Javelin, 1969-1970
Bill Skinner was 29 years old when he enrolled as a freshman in 1968 at UT and immediately made an impact as he threw the javelin a freshman record of 2S2-5. Skinner was an elite javelin thrower who swept the NCAA, AAU and USTFF tiles in 1970 in addition to setting the school record 291-10 which is still [...]
Richmond Flowers – Hurdles/Sprints, 1967-1968
Richmond Flowers was one of the most highly recruited athletes in Tennessee history. He was named an All-America in football (1966) as well as track (1967, 68 and 69). He won the NCAA 60yd. hurdles in 1968 and had second and third place finishes in the 120 yd. hurdles in 1967 and 1969. Flowers, one of the top [...]
Bob Redington – Distance Runner, 1966
Bob Redington, who won three consecutive (1964-65-66) SEC mile titles, set back to back school records in 1966 (4:05.0) and lowered the mark one week later in the SEC vs. ACC meet to 4:01.9. He also won SEC indoor 1000 yard ru in 1964 and 1965. In 1966 he became the first UT runner to break the 9 [...]
Pat Pomphrey – Hurdles, 1965
Pat Pomphrey competed for the Vols from 1963-66 setting school records in the 60 hurdles (7.2), 120 HH (13.9) and 440 IM Hurdles (51.9). His 120 yard hurdles outdoor mark still ranks in the top ten times in the event. Pomphrey finished third in the120yard high hurdles at 1966 NCAA outdoor meet to become UT's first All-America in [...]
