LENOIR CITY 
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HALL OF FAME
In 1969, preparing for the Loudon County Centennial Celebration, Lenoir City News-Banner Sports Editor Tommy Bradshaw and a group of local sports enthusiasts from the LC Quarterback club accepted a mandate from the Editor of the paper to select the most outstanding athletes to have ever played for the high school.
THUS WAS BORN THE LENOIR CITY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
(Link to members, pictures and profiles.)
From the Spraker brothers and Vaughn Browder in the early 1900’s to the greatest of all Lenoir City athletes Cecil Thomas in 1925, to the undefeated football teams in the 1930’s and ‘40’s, the state basketball Champions of 1930 and 1958, to the baseball teams who always provided fans with the excitement of great hitting and no-hit pitching, to the Lady Panthers greatest scorer, Marietta Blackburn in 1974, to the 1996 State Decathlon Champion, the State Soccer Champions and the State Discus Champion of 1998, the State High Hurdles Champion of 1999, to the Lady Panthers State Softball Champions of 2004, and to the athletes who have gone on to star in college and in the professional world, the athletic program at Lenoir City High School has provided the local fans with excitement and pride and the opponents a fear to come into the Panther Den.
The HALL OF FAME became dormant in 1973 but was reactivated in 2003 when another committee was formed to continue the tradition. The new committee, in the beginning, set high standards for election to the Hall of Fame. This Committee adopted new eligibility criteria including the rule that the athlete nominated must receive at least 75 percent of the vote from the Voting Committee and that any outstanding contributor, whether it be a coach, administrator, official or promoter of the Lenoir City High School sports program would also be eligible to enter the Hall.
They decided that the members should be officially recognized with an induction ceremony at which time they are presented with a plaque and by having their picture placed on the Wall of Fame. All surviving members are also presented with a Hall of Fame ring—the crowning achievement, symbolic of the very best to have ever played sports at the school or for their outstanding contribution to the program.
The dream of any athlete from the moment he or she steps on a playing field or court is to be the very best. In the quest to be the best, the athlete then strives to attain the next plateau – that of being elected to the Hall of Fame for that sport.
Very few are able to achieve this goal, but those who have been, or will be in the future, elected to the Lenoir City High School Sports Hall of Fame have accomplished this through hard work, motivation and dedication as well as proper teaching and coaching.
1st Row: Glenn McNish, Gene Hamby, Nancy Beaty, Glenn Williams
2nd Row: Barry White, Ron Tilley, Dale Barton, Rick Chadwick
The committee also envisions and plans a Hall of Fame archives and museum to be the show-place where each member will be honored with individual memorabilia and personal history. This, of course, will take a genuine effort of the entire community.
Those members who have been elected and inducted into the Lenoir City High School Sports Hall of Fame are listed below in alphabetical order and year elected.
LENOIR CITY HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS HALL OF FAME MEMBERS
(ALPHABETICAL – RANK – YEAR ELECTED)
FOR A PROFILE AND PICTURE, CLICK ON THE NAME.
ADAMS, DINK---65---2006
ALLEN, PRESTON--- 17---1970
ANTHONY, WAYNE--- 57---2005
ARDEN, OLLIE--- 44---1972
ARMSTRONG, JACK--- 24---1970
BABB, CLAUDE--- 34---1971
BABB, JACK—35---1971
BALLEW, R.L.--- 21—1970
BARTLETT, TOMMY---66—2006
BARTON, DAN--- 15—1970
BASKETT, R.H.--- 32--- 1971
BLACKBURN (HENDERSON), MARIETTA--- 53---2004
BOLTON, BILL--- 45---1972
BOSTIC, JERRY--- 16---1970
BOWMAN (LADD), NANCY--- 62---2006
BRADSHAW, TOMMY--- 55---2004
BROWDER, BILLY--- 14---1970
BROWDER, VAUGHN--- 28--- 1970
BUCKNER, J. GUY--- 56---2004
BURDETTE, GEORGE--- 36—1972
BURNS, HARRY--- 47---1973
CLARK, BEECHER---42---1972
CLARK, RAYMOND---3---1970
COLEMAN, WILLARD---50---1973
COLLINS, JUNIOR---70---2007
CONNER, GENE---9---1970
CONNER, JERRY---6---1970
COOK, TOMMY---63---2006
EVANS, JERRY---40---1972
FOSTER, HENRY---2---1970
FOSTER, THOMAS, JR.---60---2005
FOSTER, THOMAS, SR.---19---1970
FOX, EARL---72---2007
FRITTS, GEORGE---20---1970
HAGLER, J.B.---4---1970
HENRY, BILLY---8---1970
JENKINS, DONNIE---69---2007
JOHNSON, RON---48---1973
LEDBETTER, MARY LOUISE---67---2006
LITTLE, ELVIN---71---2007
LITTLETON, CLARENCE---12---1970
LITTLETON, EDD---25---1970
LUTTRELL, GILBERT---7---1970
McGUFFEE, BEN---41---1972
McNISH, GLENN---61---2005
McREYNOLDS, ARNOLD---68---2007
OSBORNE, ED---27---1970
PICKELL, RICHARD---54---2004
PLEMONS, COY---59---2005
PRICE, NEVILLE---38---1972
SETTLES, CHARLES---26---1970
SHUBERT, RAY---31---1971
SMALLEY, WILLIE JOE---51---2003
SMITH, EDDIE TOM---52---2003
SMITH, LEONARD---39---1972
SPOON, KENNETH---5---1970
SPRAKER, BURTON---11---1970
SPRAKER, ELDON---10---1970
STRADER, CECIL---43---1972
THOMAS, CECIL---1---1970
TURNBILL, ED---22---1970
WALLER, EDWARD---37---1972
WAMPLER, CHRIS---58---2005
WARD, J. CLYDE---49---1973
WHITE, BARRY---18---1970
WHITE, TOMMY---29---1970
WILKERSON, HARRY---46---1973
WILLIAMS, GLENN---30---1970
WILLIAMS, RAYMOND---64---2006
WRIGHT, ROY---13---1970
YEAROUT, BILL---23---1970
YEAROUT, PAUL---33---1971