- Bowden Wyatt
Clarence Bowden Wyatt (
October 4 ,1917 inKingston, Tennessee –January 21 ,1969 in Kingston, Tennessee) was the head football coach at theUniversity of Tennessee from 1955-1962. He compiled a 49-29-4 record during his tenure. Wyatt served as thehead coach at theUniversity of Arkansas and theUniversity of Wyoming prior to coming to Tennessee. He compiled a 39-17-1 record at Wyoming, and an 11-10 record at Arkansas.Wyatt's most notable victory at Tennessee came on
November 7 ,1959 , when the Volunteers upset top-ranked LSU, 14-13, by stopping a two-point conversion attempt by eventualHeisman Trophy winnerBilly Cannon late in the game. The victory ended the Tigers' 18-game winning streak.Fact|date=March 2007Wyatt was elected to the
College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach.Wyatt married Mary Alson Miller in about 1940, and they had one daughter named Mary Gail "Missy" in 1942.
External links
* [http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=30133 College Football Hall of Fame Official Biography]
* [http://www.thevib.com/wyatt.html Fansite]
* [http://www.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/tenn/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/05fbguide-records UTSports Coaching Records]
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