Pre-HS: Baseball, football, basketball, tennis, golf, bowling HS: Baseball, football. Dayton (OH) Journal Herald All Area Football First Team OG ('71). All conference in both multiple times. Have something in common with Gruden - have at least posed for photos as a football player on the Dayton Flyers football field. LOL! College; D-1 Baseball (Arky State) for a couple years. Bowler for a dozen years. Came in 4th overall, first in doubles, in the city (Knoxville) amateur tournament in mid-90s. High series 781. High game 278. Today: 6 handicap golfer, occasional tennis Volunteer coach various times for baseball, football and golf teams from Little League through HS. With all that am a lifelong, orange blooded Vol. Invited walk-on by Battle in 1972, which I declined obviously. My sister was a majorette in '78. Dad was an alum.
I feel like I participated in something along those lines (PPK). I had the kicking on lock but I messed my arm up pitching at a young age, so I can't throw very far.
Played football. If I knew I was gonna top at at 5'10 175in HS I would have went the kicker route. I got to where I was consistent from 40 in as a freshman.
Hockey and Baseball through HS. I was slightly above mediocre at both. Occasional emergency player for a men's league hockey club now. Hoping to get into a wood bat league in the spring.
Get ready to get the f beat out of you on a daily basis. Had a friend play for a year or two and here is what he got: 2 concussions, brain injury, hand/eye injuries.
In high school I played football (rb/lb) and baseball (cf). Played D3 in football. I got the unenviable task of covering Von Reeves when he played for Austin East.
Basketball was always my sport until Jr high. Come jr high tryouts, I was easily in the top 3 best player on the floor, if not the best. Played basketball my whole life. Low and behold the most hated gym teacher i had in grade school (when I say hate, i mean pure, raw hate between this guy and me. I might have been a little bastard, i dont know) got a job at the jr high and was assistant coach. He handled the first cuts and I never made it past that day. ****in asshole. I probably could have played college ball. End rant. Played DE and lettered 2 years in high school while never playing football til my sophmore year.
I wasn't allowed to play organized football, so I went with basketball until I shredded my ACL and dislocated the fibula with it for good measure.
Jr. High 3 years (7,8,9) HS, 3 years, All-confrence as a JR. Senior: All-Confrence 1st team, Nashville Tennesseean All_Mid State 1st team,1st team All State, Nashville Banner, All_Mid State 1st team,1st Team All State, Memphis Press Sentenial All Southern 1st team, Orlando Press Sentenial All Southern, 1st Team, Coach and Athlete Magazine Top 100, All-American. Church league softball Pro wrestling.
