East Tennessee State University

John Walton, selected as a football All-American in 1969, during his stay at ETSU from 1965 to 1970, was voted as a two-time All-Ohio Valley Conference selection and captain of the undefeated Grantland Rice Bowl Championship team. Walton was elected Carter County General Sessions Judge in 1998 and in 2002, was inducted into the ETSU Athletic Hall of Fame.