Led by All-Americans and national champions, the Lookout Mountain Sports Hall of Fame will honor the 10-member class of 2010 at induction ceremonies on Sunday, Sept. 26 in the Harry Robinson Gym at Fairyland School at 3 p.m.

Tennessee at Chattanooga's first individual national champion, George Dickinson (tennis, 1966), along with National Football League alums Chip Healy and Bill Chipley join Cindy Kemp Battle (tennis), Betsy Caulkins Bookout (swimming), Roy Exum (media), Harry "Wig" Robinson (football), Paul Tessmann (wrestling), Frank Willett (tennis) and Mark Williamson (swimming) as the class of 2010, which is Lookout Mountain's third induction class.

Chipley and Willett will be inducted posthumously.

The honorees were selected by a vote of the Lookout Mountain Memorial
Community Center Board.

"This induction class is an outstanding group of Lookout Mountain citizens who have competed at a high level and made significant contributions for the benefit of others involved in sports," said Rick Dockery, chairman of the hall of fame board.

"We know that the continuation of the hall of fame is a meaningful and positive reflection upon our community."

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william.branton@comcast.net

Lookout Mtn. Sports Hall of Fame
Class of 2010

CINDY KEMP BATTLE (tennis) � Top 10 national ranking in juniors, 13s-18s in 1960s � Southern singles champ in 13s � won Women�s Southern at age 16 � Southern runner-up in 15s, 16s and 18s � Southern doubles champ in 15s and 16s � national collegiate singles runner-up while at Alabama � Junior Wightman Cup � No.1 player at GPS � reached quarters of Mother-Daughter Nationals � Has coached ALTA teams (Atlanta Lawn Tennis Assoc.) two decades plus with eight city championships � a teaching pro with UTA Academy at Chastain Park; year round tennis camps for juniors ... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga, GPS

BETSY CAULKINS BOOKOUT (swimming) � Three-time high school All-American for GPS � Five years on varsity (1975-79); team captain and most valuable swimmer as senior ... member of state champion 4x100 freestyle relay team, setting a state record ... first Chattanooga area female to receive a college swimming scholarship (Brenau College) � swimming for Fairyland Club, won multiple City Meet titles in 200 individual medley and high point award � coached in the local swim league for Fairyland and Hamilton Club.

BILL CHIPLEY (football - deceased) � Three years as wide receiver/defensive back in National Football League; Boston Yanks (1947, 1948), New York Bulldogs (1949) � Third in the NFL with 57 pass receptions in 1949 as teammate of future hall of famers Bobby Layne and Merv Pregulman � All-American at Washington and Lee and service All-American in the Navy � led E.C. Glass H.S. to the 1938 Virginia state football championship � three-sport letter winner at Clemson before World War II � Washington & Lee head football coach for two years� Halls of Fame: City of Lynchburg.

GEORGE DICKINSON (tennis) � 1966 small college national singles champion for University of Chattanooga � school's first individual national champion in any sport ... played No.1 at City High School, Ga. Tech and UC � 3x Men�s City champion; �63-65-66 � also won Atlanta City and Crackerland Open singles � �63 Georgia State Collegiate winner � Chattanooga City champ in 15s and 18s � member of the '61 City High state championship wrestling team ... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga, UTC

ROY EXUM (media) � Executive Sports Editor at the Chattanooga Free Press for more than 15 years and worked for the paper beginning as a teenager in the mid 1960s � directed one of the top sports departments in the South ... the paper received several awards from the Southern League for best coverage as well as having national, regional and state writers of the year � Roy first traveled with the SEC Football Skywriters as an 18-year-old in the summer of 1967 � currently writes for Chattanoogan.com ... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga

CHIP HEALY (football) � Played two years in the NFL with the St. Louis Cardinals � 1968 first team All-American linebacker at Vanderbilt � 1966 first team All-SEC � six career interceptions � All-American, All-Southern, All-City, All-Mid-South in football at Baylor � two-time national prep wrestling champion � two-time Mid-South wrestling champion � also lettered in basketball ... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga, Baylor

HARRY �WIG� ROBINSON (football) � 2nd team All-SEC for Vanderbilt in 1943 � also played at Tulane and the Great Lakes Navy Team � Two-time All-City and All-Mid-South as a running back for McCallie � won 1941 city scoring title after scoring four touchdowns and ran for a pair of extra points for 26 points on Dec. 5, 1941 against Boles Academy (Fla.) two days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor �recipient of the Campbell Award, McCallie�s second highest award.

PAUL TESSMANN (wrestling) � Four-time Southern wrestling champion at the University of the South � undefeated in regular season dual matches all four years; 167 lbs. (1963-66) � two career losses came at small college nationals � three-time Sewanee captain (1964-65-66) � two-time Chattanooga Invitational champ � first wrestler to win two Tennessee high school state championships from any school (1961, �62) � Mid South and City Prep champ � National Prep runner-up and third place finisher � starter on undefeated 1963 Sewanee football team � Halls of Fame: Sewanee (charter member), Greater Chattanooga,

FRANK WILLETT (Tennis - deceased) � National Indoor Boys� Champion (1940) � Two-time Alabama prep state champ � All-American at Ga. Tech � NCAA singles semis (1945) � undefeated in regular season all four years in college � Southern Men�s Champion (1957) and Men�s 35s Champion (1967) � 34 state titles in singles and doubles � Chattanooga City singles (five) and doubles (12) champ � William P. Jacobs Sportsmanship Award (1956) � Noland Touchstone Sportsmanship Award (1968) � President, Southern Tennis Assoc. (1961-62) � President, Chattanooga Tennis Patrons (30 years plus) � Halls of Fame: Ga. Tech, Southern Tennis, Alabama Tennis, Tennessee Tennis, Greater Chattanooga.

MARK WILLIAMSON (swimming) � 11-time All-American swimmer at McCallie in the mid 1970s � All-American in each of the four events � freestyle, backstroke, breast stroke and butterfly � at least once � led McCallie to multiple state championships � member of 1978 Tennessee�s national championship team as a freshman � All-SEC in 200 individual medley � Member of 1977 national champion Central YMCA team �
also earned All-American honors swimming for Fairyland Club in Chattanooga Swim League (CSL) � CSL championship meet high point winner in three different age divisions; 14, 16, 17 � Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga.

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