Professional Athletes

[surrealvol]

Hey, does anybody have a good lock about how many professional athletes there are out there (All sports) who grew up in Knoxville?

Just curious...

Also as an aside...

Who are the Big Orange footballers that have been from Knoxville?

 

[dallasvol]

Off the top of my head......

Phil Clabo (Vikings) Farragut High
Bill Bates (Dallas) Farragut High
Phil Garner (Houston Astros) Bearden High
Craig Colquitt (Steelers) Maryville?
Holly Warlick (WPBL) Bearden High
Ron Widby (ABA) Fulton High

 

[vols2345]

chad pennigton

 

[craigb_702]

david pember- pitcher/mil brewers....earlier this year anyway. oh yea, he went to bearden

 

[craigb_702]

leroy thompson- austin east
jason mcaddley- oak ridge

 

[allvol]

uh.... isn't Todd Helton from Knoxville?

 

[dallasvol]

Originally posted by allvol@Jan 26, 2005 10:30 AM
uh.... isn't Todd Helton from Knoxville?

Yeah, that's a good one. Todd went to Cental High in Knoxville.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Originally posted by craigb_702@Jan 26, 2005 12:49 AM
david pember- pitcher/mil brewers....earlier this year anyway. oh yea, he went to bearden

I thought he went to Farragut?

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Pennington played at Webb.

 

[craigb_702]

he was zoned for farragut until freshman yr- we went to school together up until 5th, i don't remember him transferring back

 

[donsargegolf]

Kevin Nash aka Big Sexy, one of the best wrestlers ever, haha, and worst basketball players ever.

 

[GAVol]

Didn't Nash get booted from the team for some reason?

 

[donsargegolf]

dunno

 

[GAVol]

I think he had a habit of getting into fights (imagine that) and was kicked off the team after an altercation with Don Devoe.

I think I'd take Big Sexy in a match with Coach Devoe.

 

[biglon68]

NFL Players who went to high school in Knox County (33 I'm aware of)

Name High School College Years in NFL
Bailey, Howard Knox High UT 1935
Bates, Bill Farragut UT 1983-1997
Bruhin, John Powell UT 1988-1991
Butler, Johnny Central UT 1943-1945
Clabo, Neil Farragut UT 1975-1977
Clay, Boyd Knox High UT 1940-1942,1944
Clinkscales, Joey Austin-East UT 1987-1988
Cobb, Reggie Central UT 1990-1996
Cofer, Joe Rule UT 1987
Cofer, Mike Rule UT 1983-1992
Colquitt, Craig South UT 1978-1984,1987
Colquitt, Jimmy Doyle UT 1985
Fishback, Joe Austin-East Carson-Newman 1991-1994
Graves, Ray Knox High UT 1942-1943,1946
Irwin, Tim Central UT 1981-1994
Jackson, Jazz Austin-East W. Kentucky 1974-1976
Lewis, D.D. Fulton Miss. State 1968,1970-1981
Maples, Talmadge Knox High UT 1934
McCleskey, J.J. Karns UT 1994-1999
McKenzie, Raleigh Austin-East UT 1985-2000
McKenzie, Reggie Austin-East UT 1985-1988,1992
Pennington, Chad Webb Marshall 2000-present
Ramsey, Chuck West Wake Forest 1977-1984
Ramsey, Buster Knox High William & Mary 1946-1951
Sherrod, Bud Central UT 1952
Smith, Daryle Powell UT 1987-1992
Smith, Joey Austin-East Louisville 1991-1992
Suffridge, Bob Central UT 1941,1945
Thayer, Harry Knox High UT 1933
Thompson, Leroy Austin-East Penn State 1991-1996
Vaughan, Pug Knox High UT 1935-1936
West, Hodges Knox High UT 1941
Widby, Ron Fulton UT 1968-1973

 

[biglon68]

I omitted an NFL player from my prior list, Jim Yarbrough from Fulton played at Murray State and played in the NFL in 1987