Dedication of the Frank A. Young Poultry Plant Named In Honor of Frank "Fay" Young, National Sports Writer and Long-Time Friend of Tennessee State University.
Sports; Football; Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute
Depicted here is the University Football Team for 1917. Standing on the top left is William Rogers, who served as the team's head coach. The Football Stadium was later named after him.
Edward S. Temple Served as the Head Coach of Tennessee State University's Women's Track Team, The Famous Tigerbelles, For Forty-Four Years. He Also Served as Head Women's Track coach on Two United State Olympic Teams. His Tigerbelles Won...
College Athlete; Virginia State College for Negroes
Eugene "Ace" Bailey came to Virginia State College for Negroes in 1934. While here, Bailey lettered in three sports for all four years until graduating 1938. The only athlete to have accomplished this feat thus far. Sadly he died in...
First Girls Drill Team
Commanded by: Leola Martin, Sophomore, Mosspoint, Mississippi
Ex Officer
Janet Houston 1st Sergeant, Sophomore
Made first public performance at Homecoming game in 1957.
First row (L-R): Thomas Hodges; Marion Waller; Leon Taylor; Robert Barclay. Second row (L-R): Kelly Wilson; Charler Brown; Eldrige Waters; Steven Camphor. Third row (L-R): David Pitts; Brent Thompson; William Kiah; George Carnish. Standing: Coach...
Sports; Football; Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute
Football game in progress on the front campus of the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. The five-story Old Virginia Hall stands in the background.
Front row (L-R): Hall; Elliott; Jones; Davis (Cap't.); Henry; Davage Taylor. Second row (L-R): Butler; Maddox; J. Waters; Wormley; Hobbs; Cromwell; Diggs; Watkins. Standing (L-R): Principal L. S. James; Spry; Jackson; Holland (Mgr.); Hart; Waters;...
Howard Gentry Served as a Teacher, Coach and an Administrator From 1949 to 1976. The University Enjoyed a "Golden Era" of Progress During His Tenure as Director of Athletics From 1961-1976. Under His Leadership, the Athletic Teams...
Inscription reads as follows: Atlanta Daily World 100 Per Cent Wrong Club presents the 20th Annual Sports Banquet. Arnett [Ace] W. Mumford, head coach of Southern University was also honored. Banquet was held in Atlanta, Georgia at the Ball Room...
Intramurals are Now Under the Supervision of a Renamed Department, Inter-Collegiate Athletics and Intramural Sports of Which Howard C. Gentry Is the Director. Mrs. Carrie Gentry Is the Supervisor School's Organized Recreation Program.
Isabelle Daniels, a Member of the Tennessee A & I State College Tigerbelles, Fills Out the Paperwork for Her Parade Uniform for the 1955 Pan-American Games in Mexico City, Mexico. She Won a Silver Medal in the 60 Meter Dash and Gold Medal as...
Jean Patton Is Welcomed Home to Tennessee A & I State College With a Parade in Her Honor. She Was Lauded as the "World's Fastest Woman" After Her Performance in the Inaugural Pan-American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1951....
