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Gen. Robert Neyland: Hunt County's most accomplished person?

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published September 8, 2015 at 6:00 AM CDT
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Carol Taylor, the chairman of the Hunt County Historical Commission, discusses the biography of Greenville native Robert Neyland, the long-time head football coach at the University of Tennessee and a brigadier general in World War II.  Neyland won four national championships at Tennessee, and the 100,000-seat football stadium there was designed by him and is named for him. Alongside Audie Murphy, is Robert Neyland Hunt County's most accomplished person?
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News Blacklands CafeCarol TaylorHunt County Historical CommissionRobert Neyland
John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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