East Tennessee State University

A versatile three-sport athlete for the Bucs from 1947-1950, Bob Tranbarger served as captain of the football team for three years and was an All-Smokey Mountain Conference selection in football and baseball. Along with football and baseball, Tranbarger also ran track for the Bucs. He was awarded the honor of Paul B. Williams All-American in 1949 and went on to play professional baseball in the Chicago Cubs organization. He was a 1996 inductee to the ETSU Athletic Hall of Fame.