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more favorably impressed by a young coach as I was by Bryant." Russell helped Bryant get a job as assistant coach at
Vanderbilt in 1940. From this initial acquaintance, a friendship developed between the two men and they became trusted confidants over the years. Their wives became close and the couples visited their respective cities in the summer through the 1960s and 1970s. Bryant and his wife usually dined with the Russells before the annual Vanderbilt-Alabama games.
412:(TRA), the scholarship is awarded annually to an incoming first-year student with an interest in sportswriting. The rules do not require recipients to be sportswriters; in addition, Vanderbilt did not have a school of journalism. From the beginning, Russell was involved in the administration and selection process of the scholarship. In 1986, after Russell had been closely managing the endeavor for 30 years,
226:, but it was short-lived; he became a salesman for a wholesale grocery company and traveled the middle Tennessee territory with a horse and buggy in his early career. Russell’s mother was a music composer and author of the "Vanderbilt University Waltz". Russell attended Nashville's Duncan College Preparatory School for Boys, which was located at a site now occupied by Vanderbilt University's
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went to play in the 1937 Rose Bowl. Bryant was an unknown at the time who had only recently graduated from the
University of Alabama and had stayed on as an assistant coach there. They talked for hours on the trip and Bryant basically told his life story to Russell, who years later said, "I was never
222:, about 50 miles southeast of Nashville, on the main line of the railroad to Chattanooga. His parents were John E. Russell and Mable Lee McFerrin Russell, who in 1920 moved the family to Nashville. John E. Russell Jr. was his older brother, who died in 1961. Russell's father started a newspaper, the
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which had slowly been losing subscribers. Its last issue would be that Friday, four days hence. The news took an unexpected mental toll on the 92 year-old
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Nashville country club of which Russell was a member. It was a skillfully-concocted story with a large map and details containing believable quotes from city officials. Such exaggerated April fools stories had become a yearly tradition in the
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was scheduled to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, but pleaded guilty to a counterfeiting operation after FBI agents recovered $ 5 million in bogus $ 100 bills buried on Cannon's property. Russell chose to rescind the hall of fame invitation. Cannon was eventually inducted in 2008.
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and arranged for Temple to go downtown and meet with the governor. With Temple sitting in his office, Ellington phoned the commissioner of colleges and conditions at the university began to improve rapidly. When Wilma
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One of Russell's trademarks was his humorous and entertaining style of writing in his columns, books, speeches and stories. He was a unofficial ringleader of a group of friends who engaged in practical jokes, often ingeniously planned.
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1005:Nashville: An American Self-Portrait
820:(NFF). Two previous recipients were
807:
750:was better than any show anywhere".
166:As a young reporter, he interviewed
2484:Hopp, Jessica (February 14, 2006).
2278:"An Expert Defends the Sports Page"
1476:"Fred Russell Was A Vanderbilt Man"
1474:Traughber, Bill (August 23, 2006).
1314:
1007:(2001). He died in 2003 at age 96.
831:Russell is a past president of the
276:. Russell would be a member of the
13:
2439:Ammenhauser, Dave (May 23, 2016).
1898:. The Tennessee Historical Society
1724:Giaimo, Cara (22 September 2017).
766:, whose women's track team, the "
753:
14:
4115:
1890:Bell, Rick C. (October 8, 2017).
1236:Normand, Tom (January 28, 2003).
1175:"Russell, Fred McFerrin/Obituary"
814:National Sports Media Association
610:status longer than anyone at the
484:
218:Born in 1906, Russell grew up in
16:American sportswriter (1906–2003)
2486:"Cutler Is Given Pair of Awards"
1867:Biddle, Joe (January 28, 2003).
1813:Horick, Randy (March 26, 1998).
1701:Confessions of a Practical Joker
1296:. The Historical Marker Database
1080:was presented to the university.
502:Confessions of a Practical Joker
36:
4099:People from Wartrace, Tennessee
2299:
2251:"The Sportsmanship Brotherhood"
2231:. Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
1752:Manning, Molly Guptill (2014).
1535:Summer, Jim (January 1, 2004).
1315:Fox, David (January 27, 2003).
1200:"Removed to Their Country Home"
1099:
1083:
1074:Tennessee Centennial Exposition
1053:50 Years of Vanderbilt Football
410:Thoroughbred Racing Association
2390:Kreager, Tom (June 28, 2021).
2257:. November 4, 1925. p. 22
1670:Schudel, Matt (May 23, 2018).
1507:. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland.
1078:Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
1066:
667:Boxing, horse racing, and golf
159:. Vanderbilt established the "
1:
2276:Russell, Fred (May 4, 1959).
2042:. April 27, 1980. p. S–9
1840:Romano, John (June 6, 2020).
1261:"Vanderbilt University Waltz"
1112:
957:Personal life and final years
872:Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
650:, the general manager of the
446:College Football Hall of Fame
436:College Football Hall of Fame
284:" later shortened to simply "
213:
210:. He died in 2003 at age 96.
141:College Football Hall of Fame
21:Fred Russell (disambiguation)
4094:Sportswriters from Tennessee
4089:Vanderbilt University alumni
2313:. 2008-06-26. Archived from
1626:(First ed.). PlusMedia.
1259:McFerrin, Mabel Lee (1898).
1238:"Mr. Russell: End of an Era"
1031:, (1950) with George Leonard
1019:, (1963) with George Leonard
870:Russell was a member of the
818:National Football Foundation
442:National Football Foundation
340:. His relationship with the
135:Committee, president of the
7:
4104:American sports journalists
1076:in 1897 when the statue of
1023:Bury Me in an Old Press Box
711:
690:
618:Influence in various sports
104:Katherine Wyche Early (Kay)
10:
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792:historically black college
760:Tennessee State University
734:as Ruth played cards with
406:Grantland Rice Scholarship
51:Frederick McFerrin Russell
18:
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1896:tennesseeencyclopedia.net
1501:Simpson, John A. (2007).
1265:levysheetmusicmse.jhu.edu
881:
835:. He was a member of the
476:'s Heisman-Trophy winner
373:Sportswriting scholarship
337:The Saturday Evening Post
293:The Saturday Evening Post
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1562:Oriard, Michael (2001).
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1035:Funny Thing About Sports
978:, who already owned the
530:Funny Thing About Sports
2576:Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
2066:nationalsportsmedia.org
1892:"Fred McFerrin Russell"
1482:. Vanderbilt University
1041:I'll Try Anything Twice
841:Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
656:Southeastern Conference
586:palpable. Russell, the
548:Armed Services Editions
543:I'll Try Anything Twice
526:I'll Try Anything Twice
517:newspaper at the time.
348:'s new football coach,
346:University of Tennessee
2117:footballfoundation.org
1647:footballfoundation.org
1622:Egerton, John (1979).
1137:Russell, Fred (2018).
876:U.S. Olympic Committee
574:
272:who left to go to the
240:Kappa Sigma Fraternity
2311:Vanderbilt University
2194:"Walter Haight Award"
1922:library.nashville.org
1821:. The Nashville Scene
1699:Harwell, Jim (2012).
1449:Derr, Andrew (2012).
1011:Works by Fred Russell
974:had been sold to the
797:Governor of Tennessee
705:University of Alabama
568:
514:Natchez Trace Parkway
400:. With sportswriter
383:Vanderbilt University
314:Golf Tournament; the
252:Vanderbilt Law School
153:Vanderbilt University
95:Vanderbilt University
2418:murfreesboropost.com
2284:. Sports Illustrated
2168:"Bert McGrane Award"
2091:williamsonherald.com
903:Martha Rivers Ingram
772:1960 Summer Olympics
282:Sideline Sidelights
274:Atlanta Constitution
78:Nashville, Tennessee
42:Fred Russell c. 1975
1676:The Washington Post
899:Thomas F. Frist Jr.
782:, coached by TSU's
389:from 1907 to 1910.
220:Wartrace, Tennessee
208:George Steinbrenner
146:Sideline Sidelights
63:Wartrace, Tennessee
2040:The New York Times
1819:nashvillescene.com
1789:Sports Illustrated
936:Vanderbilt Stadium
853:Bert McGrane Award
727:Sports Illustrated
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306:; amateur and pro
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228:Memorial Gymnasium
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4084:2003 deaths
4079:1906 births
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3580:2001: Frank
3575:2000: Decio
3373:1977: Joyce
2774:Stuhldreher
2590:Herring Jr.
1988:October 11,
1737:29 December
1541:ncpedia.org
1089:TRA is the
951:(See above)
920:and golfer
849:Woody Hayes
788:gold medals
768:Tigerbelles
685:Bobby Jones
636:Bobby Jones
628:Bear Bryant
528:(1945) and
506:April Fools
450:Paul Bryant
350:Bob Neyland
244:second base
236:Phil Harris
200:Bear Bryant
184:Bobby Jones
4073:Categories
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3875:D. Jenkins
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3424:Ron Kramer
3291:recipients
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2604:1942–1945
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1300:August 28,
1271:August 31,
1206:August 31,
1113:References
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989:Tennessean
980:Tennessean
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697:Birmingham
644:Red Grange
612:Tennessean
604:Tennessean
592:Tennessean
579:Tennessean
560:Tennessean
426:Roy Blount
402:Bill Corum
394:Toots Shor
387:Tennessean
330:; and The
324:Sugar Bowl
320:bowl games
300:Golden Age
214:Early life
188:Red Grange
176:Lou Gehrig
112:four girls
83:Occupation
56:1906-08-27
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2622:Alexander
2198:ntwab.org
1029:Vol Feats
932:press box
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858:In 1983,
843:from the
784:Ed Temple
732:Babe Ruth
722:Red Smith
632:Red Smith
498:Red Smith
470:Lou Holtz
462:Lee Corso
328:Rose Bowl
286:Sidelines
168:Babe Ruth
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4022:R. Smith
4015:D. Smith
4008:C. Smith
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2910:Robinson
2878:Hamilton
2670:McMillin
2511:Archived
2229:tshf.net
2146:afca.com
1294:hmdb.org
1049:, (1944)
1043:, (1945)
1037:, (1948)
1025:, (1955)
826:Bob Hope
712:Baseball
701:Pasadena
691:Football
608:underdog
558:vs. the
524:(1944),
398:New York
326:and The
308:baseball
155:alumnus
109:Children
4036:Solomon
4001:Sherrod
3987:Sandler
3973:Russell
3889:Kindred
3833:Freeman
3805:Collins
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3198:Broyles
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3078:Edwards
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3014:Merritt
3006:Devaney
2998:Jackson
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2886:Crisler
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2814:Waldorf
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2710:Neyland
2578:winners
744:Yankees
740:Ty Cobb
312:Masters
248:pitched
172:Ty Cobb
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3994:Schaap
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