WEST END HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME 1937-1968 Dr. W. H. (Doc) Yarbrough Principal 1937-1954 Emmett Strickland Coach 1942-1948, state basketball championships 1944, 1946, 1948. Won-loss record at West: Football 37-25-06; Basketball 151-20; Baseball 14-04. Went to state basketball tournament six times. Joe G. Shapiro Coach 1949-1968, state basketball championship 1954, All the Way for Doc team. CLASS OF 1938 Milton Shaver All City Basketball 1938 CLASS OF 1939 Edwin Wilkie (Ted) Moats All City Football 1938 CLASS OF 1940 J. A. Ball All City Basketball, All Tournament Basketball 1940 Thomas Pratt Burroughs All City Football 1939 Ben David Dunagan All City Football 1939 Betty Jo Vinson - Interscholastic League Women s Singles Tennis Champion 1938, 1939, 1940 CLASS OF 1941 Albert Ewing Hill, Jr. All City Football 1940, All Tournament Basketball 1941 Herschel Perry All Tournament Basketball 1941 Henrietta Petrone City Tennis Titlist 1941 CLASS OF 1942 Jack Baker Diehl - All City Football 1941; All State Football 1941 William (Billy) Wilkerson Earthman Golf High School League Individual Championship Award 1941
CLASS OF 1943 Raymond Littleton (R. L.) Highers All Region Basketball 1943 James M. Hughes All State Basketball 1943 Robert L. (Bobby) Lawrence III All Tournament Basketball 1941, All City Basketball 1942, All City, All District, All Region, All State Basketball 1943; All City Football 1941, All City Football 1942, City Most Valuable Football Player 1942 William (Bill) Wade Pearson, Jr. All City Football 1941 William (Bill) Knight Sandefur All Region, All State Basketball 1943 Rosanne Wilson NIL Women s Singles Tennis Champion 1942 CLASS OF 1944 John T. Boyd All State Basketball 1943, Banner All City, All District, All State Basketball 1944 Elmer N. (Pete) Holmes All District, All Unit Basketball 1944 George Kelley All District, All Region, All State Basketball 1943, Banner All City, All District, All State Basketball 1944; All Nashville Football 1943 Gordon Smith All Nashville Football 1943 CLASS OF 1945 James (Jim) E. Carnes, Jr. All Region Basketball 1945 Edmund (Eddie) Louis Lawrence All District, All State Basketball 1944, All City Basketball 1945; Interscholastic Singles Tennis Champ 1944; All City, All Mid-State, All State Football 1944 Y. Y. Phillips, Jr. All City, All Mid-State, All State Football 1944 Harold Charles Wilt All Regional Basketball 1945 CLASS OF 1946 Billy Joe Adcock All Tournament Basketball 1945, All City, All Tournament Basketball 1946 Henry Conn Atkeison, Jr. All City Football 1945 John (Johnny) Bell Mason, Jr. All Region, All State Basketball 1946 Albert Skinner All Unit Basketball 1944 Richard Smith All City Football 1945 2
CLASS OF 1947 William (Billy) Porter Lawrence All 8 th District Basketball 1945, All Unit, All Region, All State Basketball 1946, All City, All 8 th District, All Unit, All Regional, All State Basketball 1947 Harry Bridges Moneypenny All Unit, All State Basketball 1946, All City, All 8 th District, All Unit, All Regional Basketball 1947; All City Baseball 1947 William (Bill) Lauren Phillips III All City Football 1945, All City Football 1946 CLASS OF 1948 Floyd Nance Chandler All State Basketball 1948 Charles (Charlie) Allen Daugherty Regional All Stars Basketball 1948 Francis Derthick All City Football 1947 Carl Finney All City Football 1947 Robert (Bob) Dudley Smith All 8 th District, All Regional, All State Basketball, 1947, All Unit, All District, All Regional, All State Basketball, NIL Most Valuable Basketball Player 1948 Thomas (Tom) Gill Wainwright All Unit, All Regional, All State Basketball 1947, All Unit, Regional All Stars, All State Basketball 1948 CLASS OF 1949 John (Jack) Gill Knox, Jr. All City Football 1948 Travis Jarrell Pepper All District Basketball 1948 CLASS OF 1951 Herbert (Hudley) Richard Crockett All City Baseball 1951 Nancy Esther Reed Women s City Golf Champion 1948, Women s City Golf Champion 1950, Women s State Golf Champion 1950, Women s State Golf Champion 1951 Ralph Burton Schulman All City, All Tournament Basketball 1951 Robert (Sonny) Seals All City Football 1949 Azariah Kimbro (Kim) Smith All City Football 1950 Sam Tinnon All City Basketball 1951 3
CLASS OF 1952 Joel Warner Berlin All City Basketball 1951, All District Basketball 1952 Jesse Elvin (J. E.) Martin All City Football 1951 CLASS OF 1953 Carl Kantor All City Baseball 1953 CLASS OF 1954 James (Jimmy) Ellsworth French All District Basketball 1952, All 18 th District, All Region V, All State Basketball 1954; All Western Division, All City Baseball 1954 Ralph Greenbaum All Class AA Football 1953; All 18 th District, All Region V, All State Basketball 1954; All Western Division Baseball 1954 Robert Gailor Justice All City Football 1953 James (Jimmy) Lee Lewis All Division Baseball 1954 CLASS OF 1955 Ralph Edward (Eddie) Gaines 1955 All Mid-state Regional Track Boyd (Buddy) Hill Parsons All City Football 1953; All Region V Basketball 1954 CLASS OF 1956 Jerome (Jerry) Allen Averbuch All NIL Singles Tennis Champion 1955, All NIL Single Tennis Champion 1956 Robert (Bob) Michael Morrison All City Tournament Basketball, All 18 th District Tournament Basketball 1956 William (Bill) Franklin Worley All 18 th District Tournament Basketball 1956; Regional Broad Jump Track Champion 1956 CLASS OF 1957 Charles Eugene Greer All City Tournament Basketball 1956, All 18 th District Tournament Basketball, All City Tournament Basketball 1957 Guy S. Tallent 100 Yard Dash State Track Champion, 220 Yard Dash State Track Champion, 1957 Johnny Mack Thomas All Class AA Football 1956 Eugene Clifton (Ervin) Tussey All 18 th District Basketball 1956; All City Baseball 1957 4
CLASS OF 1958 William Donald (Don) Hall All City Basketball 1958; All NIL Baseball 1958 Charles (Charlie) Oscar Rice All AA Football 1957 Ronald (Ronnie) Wayne Sharer - All 18 th District Tournament Basketball 1956, All 18 th District Tournament Basketball, All City Tournament Basketball, All State Basketball 1957, All City Tournament Basketball, All 18 th District Tournament Basketball, All City Basketball, All State Basketball 1958 Richard (Dickie) Lewis Speed All 18 th District Tournament Basketball 1957, All City Basketball 1958 CLASS OF 1959 John King All 18 th District, All Region V Basketball 1959 CLASS OF 1960 John Edward (Eddie) Fox All 18 th District Basketball, All City Tournament 1959, District 18, Region V, All State Tournament Basketball 1960 Thomas Henning (Henny) Murrey All 18 th District, All Region V Basketball 1959, All Region V Basketball 1960 CLASS OF 1961 Franklin Doug Hall All Western Division Baseball 1961 Jerry Wayne Sullivan All City Basketball 1961 CLASS OF 1962 George Shotwell Atwood All Tournament Basketball 1962; All Western Division Baseball 1962 Glenn Herbert Koogler All District Baseball 1962 Ronald Wayne Osborne All Nashville Baseball, All Western Division Baseball 1962 CLASS OF 1963 John Douglas Sullivan NIL Football Player of the Year 1963 CLASS OF 1964 William (Willie) Hunter Dews 18 th District Tournament, All City Basketball 1964 5
CLASS OF 1965 Robert (Bob) Lewis Bell All AAA Fullback Football 1964 Robert Greer All 18 th District Basketball 1965 Benedict (Benny) Sammuel Edmondson All AAA Center Football 1963 Gailor Louis Gerth All 18 th District Basketball, 18 th District All Tournament Basketball 1965 Ronald Dean Willis All City Baseball, All Western Division Baseball 1965 CLASS OF 1966 Randle Joseph (Joe) Murrey All 18 th District Basketball 1965, All 18 th District Basketball 1966 CLASS OF 1967 Ronald (Ronnie) Earl Fuqua All Metro Quarterback Football, All Single A Quarterback Football 1966; NIL Trackman of the Year, 440 State Track Champion 1967 RECIPIENTS OF THE HUME AWARD (Recognizes the outstanding football player in the Nashville schools each year in the areas of sportsmanship, scholarship and football ability.) Edmund (Eddie) Louis Lawrence, 1945 William (Billy) Porter Lawrence, 1947 Ralph Greenbaum, 1954 Charles (Charlie) Oscar Rice, 1958 6