East Tennessee State University

From 1929 until 1933, in the early days of ETSU athletics, Earl Sams showcased himself as a versatile three-sport star in baseball, basketball and football. In addition to athletics, Sams served ETSU as student body president in 1933 and a member of the T-Club. After ETSU, Sams went on to coach baseball, basketball and football at Happy Valley High School and Elizabethton Middle School for 15 years and later became the principal of Elizabethton High School. Sams became an ETSU Athletic Hall of Fame member in 1984.