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Inductees - Name, Category, Year

Amy Acuff, Athlete, 2015
Randy Adair, Coach, 2023

Frank Anderson, Coach, 2016
Vince Anderson, Coach, 2021
"Rooster" Andrews, Official, 2017
Charles Austin, Athlete, 2017
Thane Baker, Athlete-Official, 2011
Ted Banks, Coach, 2018
James Barr, Contributor, 2024

Bob Beamon, Athlete, 2021
Chris Beene, Coach, 2024

James Blackwood, Coach, 2021
Willie Blackmon, Athlete, 2024

Chester Bradley, Official, 2014 
Bennie Brazell, Athlete-Coach, 2020
Rose Brimmer, Coach, 2018
Emmett Brunson, Coach, 2016
Leroy Burrell, Athlete, 2014
Jim Carlisle, Contributor, 2021
John Carlos, Athlete, 2023

Michael Carter, Athlete, 2011
Michelle Carter, Athlete, 2018
Dave Clark, Athlete, 2015
Kerron Clement, Athlete, 2023

Kermit Courville, Coach, 2021
Barbara Crousen, Coach, 2017
Ryan Crouser, Athlete, 2021
Shirley Crowe, Official, 2011
Walter 'Buddy' Davis, Athlete, 2016
Joe De Loach, Athlete, 2019
DeLoss Dodds, Contributor, 2018
Jon Drummond, Athlete, 2014
J. Fred Duckett, Announcer, 2010 *
Clyde Duncan, Sr., Coach, 2023

Carl Erickson, Coach-Contributor, 2020
Frank Fallon, Announcer, 2017
Billy Foster, Athlete, 2024
Chryste Gaines, Athlete, 2023

Hollis Gainey, Athlete, 2021
Sid Garton, Athlete, 2020
Max Goldsmith, Coach, 2010 *
Boston Grant, Coach, 2018
Carlette Guidry, Athlete, 2014
Terri Hairston, Athlete, 2022

Fred Hansen, Athlete, 2016
Todd Harbour, Coach, 2022

Trey Hardee, Athlete, 2018
Clyde Hart, Coach, 2012
Bob Hayes, Athlete, 2017
Pat Henry, Coach, 2022

Jim Hines, Athlete, 2016
Don Hood, Coach, 2013
Darrow Hooper, Athlete, 2016
Beverly D. Humphrey, Coach, 2017
Sue Humphrey, Coach, 2015
Stan Huntsman, Coach, 2017
Barbara Jacket, Coach, 2018
Oliver Jackson, Coach, 2016
Earnest James, Coach, 2012
Rafer Johnson, Athlete, 2016
Johnny 'Lam' Jones, Athlete, 2013
Jolanda Jones, Athlete, 2019
Toya Jones, Athlete, 2020
Stuart Kantor, Contributor, 2023
Wes Kittley, Coach, 2024

Dana Le Duc, Athlete, 2019
Carl Lewis, Athlete, 2016
Clyde Littlefield, Athlete-Coach, 2016
Victor Lopez, Coach, 2022

Dr. Bert Lyle, Jr., Coach, 2017
Leo Manzano, Athlete, 2020
Ed Marcinkiewicz, Coach/Contributor, 2023

Roy 'Robot' Martin, Athlete, 2013
Randy Matson, Athlete, 2012
Ted McLaughlin, Coach, 2022
Earle Meadows, Athlete, 2016
Bill Melton, Announcer, 2010 *
L.B. Morris, Coach, 2018
Bobby Morrow, Athlete, 2016
Ted Nelson, Coach, 2010 *
Fred Newhouse, Athlete, 2014
William E. 'Pop' Noah, Coach, 2017
David Noble, Coach, 2017
Gerald 'Corky' Ogleby, Coach, 2019
Billy Olson, Athlete, 2012
Jack Patterson, Coach, 2016
Darvis 'Doc' Patton, Athlete, 2019
Raymond Pierre, Athlete-Official, 2019
Gene Pouncy, Athlete, 2022
Joe Pouncy, Athlete, 2022

Cleburne Price, Jr., Coach, 2017
John Pritchett, Announcer, 2013
Bob Richards, Athlete, 2017
Sanya Richards-Ross, Athlete, 2016
Louise Ritter, Athlete, 2012
James Segrest, Athlete, 2010 *
Herb Sheaner, Coach-Organizer, 2010 *
Dean Smith, Athlete, 2015
Francie Larrieu-Smith, Athlete-Coach, 2017
Ellen Smith Robinson, Athlete, 2024
Raevyn Rogers, Athlete, 2024

Eddie Southern, Athlete, 2013
Ychlindria Spears, Athlete, 2013
Larry Story, Contributor, 2020
Monte Stratton, Coach 2020
Tom Tellez, Coach 2011
Charlie Thomas, Coach 2017
Jerry Thompson, Athlete, 2016
Bubba Thornton, Coach, 2015
Raymond Trotter, Official, 2017
June Villers, Coach, 2018
Dewey Wakefield, Coach, 2018
Sammy Walker, Athlete, 2014
Jeremy Wariner, Athlete, 2016
Lloyd Weatherspoon, Coach, 2019
Bill Whitmore, Announcer, 2017
Lee Williams, Coach, 2019
Darold Williamson, Athlete, 2024

W.A. Wise, Official, 2017
Fred Wolcott, Athlete, 2016
Randy Yarbrough, Official, 2014
Earl Young, Athlete, 2015
Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson Zaharias, Athlete, 2016


 

Did you know?

  • Walter 'Buddy' Davis is not only a Hall of Famer and Gold Medal high jumper (1952), but he also owns 2 NBA Championship rings as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors (1956) and St. Louis Hawks (1958)?  Read more about Buddy Davis 

  • Amy Acuff is a coder and has developed an app called Winning Edge designed with "empathy for athletes and coaches seeking improvements in their performances"?  Check out her site.  

  • Inaugural Hall of Famer Herb Sheaner has self-published a book based on his WWII experiences?  It's called Prisoner's Odyssey, "A story of survival, hunger and reflection from a teenaged prisoner of war inside Germany near the end of WWII. From capture at the Battle of The Bulge to the final escape from his German guards, the author allows us a glimpse into the despair and agony of being a prisoner in a foreign land."  Check out the book here.

  • Singer / musician Morrissey's debut novel, List of the Lost (2015), features a picture of gold medalist and Hall of Famer Earl Young in his ACU uniform?  Here's an article with a picture of the cover and the actual picture.  

  • The first track & field athlete depicted on the cover of Track & Field News is Sammy Walker?  From 1976-79, Sammy was ranked in the Top 10 in the world in both shot put and weightlifting.  Read a 2014 Star Local Media interview with Sammy.

  • James Segrest, a TTFCA inaugural Hall of Famer, singlehandedly won the 1954 state track meet while a student at Bangs High School?  He totaled 34 points while winning 100, 220 and 440 yard-sprints and coming in 4th in the long jump.  Enjoy several pictures of Segrest from his induction page into the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame

  • Carlette Guidry was named the Southwest Conference Athlete of the Decade for the 1980s?  She won 12 NCAA titles while competing for the Texas Longhorns. For more information, here's her Longhorn Legends page.  

  • Bob Richards is the first person pictured on the front of a Wheaties box?

  • Rooster Andrews was Clerk of the Finish Line for 60 years at the Texas Relays.  There is a Plaque at the line commemorating it as the "Rooster Andrews Finish
    Line."

  • Bob Hayes is the only person to ever win an Olympic Gold Medal and a Super Bowl ring, while Michael Carter is the only person to win an Olympic Medal (Silver) and a Super Bowl ring in the same year.

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