Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame
The Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame is an organization created in 1992governing body for tennis in the United States.[2] Tennessee is one of the nine states in the USTA's Southern Division,[3] functioning as the "Tennessee Tennis Patrons Foundation" established in 1988. The latter is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation governed by an eight-member volunteer board which is responsible for choosing the state's hall of fame inductees.[4] As of 2022, it includes 82 honorees including five-time U.S. Davis Cup member Roscoe Tanner[5] and Great Britain Davis Cup team member Derrick Barton who moved to Tennessee to coach.[6]
Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame members
- 1992 — Lacy Roe Campbell
- 1992 — Eldon Roark
- 1992 — Pollard Parsons
- 1992 — Reese Patterson
- 1992 — Stanley Ford
- 1992 — Tommy Bartlett
- 1992 — Joe C. Davis Jr.
- 1992 — Alex Guerry
- 1993 — Jeanne Jenkins
- 1993 — Les Jenkins
- 1993 — Tommy Warren K. “Bopper” Clark
- 1993 — John P. "Jack" Murphy
- 1993 — Zan Guerry[7]
- 1993 — Jane Crofford
- 1993 — Alexander Wellford Sr.
- 1993 — Elizabeth Virginia "Eaddy" Dameron
- 1994 — Joe Garcia Jr.
- 1994 — Roscoe Tanner[5]
- 1994 — Nelle Molly
- 1996 — Tommy Buford
- 1996 — Frank Willett
- 1996 — John "Yo" Strang
- 1996 — Peter van Lingen[8]
- 1996 — John Patton Guerry
- 1997 — Bonnie Dondeville-Farley
- 1999 — Howard Z. Blum
- 1999 — Derrick Barton[6]
- 1999 — Brownlee Curry Jr.
- 1999 — Thay Butchee
- 2001 — Phil Chamberlain
- 2001 — Tommy Mozur
- 2001 — Marilyn Voges Brown
- 2001 — Bob Helton
- 2003 — Mike DePalmer Sr.
- 2003 — Bill Tym[9]
- 2003 — DeWayne McCamish
- 2005 — John Beebe Nixon
- 2005 — Dave Mullins
- 2005 — Martha Anne Ferriss Parker
- 2005 — George McIntosh
- 2005 — W. R. “Rogers” McCall
- 2005 — Kay McDaniel[10]
- 2005 — Louise George|[1]
- 2006 — Candy Reynolds
- 2007 — Stephen Lang Jr.
- 2007 — William A. “Billy” Pike
- 2007 — Anne Hutcheson Price
- 2007 — Wesley Cash
- 2007 — Peggy Winningham
- 2007 — G. Turner Howard III
- 2007 — Caroline Haynes
- 2008 — Sue T. Bartlett
- 2008 — Ben Testerman
- 2009 — Jenny Settle
- 2009 — Darrell McDonald
- 2009 — Allen Morgan Jr.
- 2010 — Susan Hill Whitson
- 2010 — Elizabeth Sharp Henderson
- 2011 — Dana Royal Forsyth
- 2011 — Kapner "Cappie" Clark Boles
- 2012 — Fran Chandler
- 2012 — Pat Guerry
- 2013 — William T. Mathes
- 2013 — Alice Luthy Tym
- 2015 — William Dunavant Jr.
- 2016 — Phyllis Taylor
- 2016 — Eric Voges
- 2017 — Ned Caswell
- 2017 — Chris Woodruff
- 2018 — Cindy Kemp Battle
- 2019 — Pem Guerry
- 2019 — Sue McCulloch Webb
- 2019 — Keith West
- 2019 — Mike Hurley
- 2020 — Carla Brangenberg
- 2020 — Chris Brown
- 2021 — John Kreis
- — Charlie Willis
- — Percy Green
- — Clyde McCambell
- — Jane Taylor
- — Nathan Thorpe
References
- ^ a b "State Tennis Hall of Fame selects George". The Commercial Appeal (February 3, 2005): D–2. February 3, 2005. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "United States Tennis Association". usta.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "USTA Southern". usta.com. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame". tntennishofstg.wpengine.com. Tennessee Tennis Patrons Foundation. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ a b "Tennis News/Roscoe Tanner". The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) (November 18, 1994): D–2. November 18, 1994. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ a b Maum, Emmitt (November 12, 1987). "Tennis is lifetime career for Derrick Barton". 148:451. The Commercial Appeal. p. E–15. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ Wiedmer, Mark (May 18, 2012). "Wiedmer: Guerry, Gilbert finally in". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "Many Standouts In Pisgah Meet". Lexington Herald-Leader. July 25, 1971.
- ^ Power, Ted (July 29, 1986). "Discipline tough Tym's first lesson". The Tennessean.
- Washington Post. June 30, 1979.