Lookout Mountain Sports Hall of Fame to Induct 10

 

A trio of grade school friends who later played D-I college sports, a quartet of tennis champions and a 12-sport letter winner in college head the Lookout Mountain Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2015 who will be inducted Sunday May 3 at 3 p.m. at the Lookout Mountain School gym.

 

Rob Healy (football, Ga.

Tech), King Oehmig (golf, UVa.) and Forrest Simmons (tennis UNC) were classmates (’63) at Lookout Mountain School and parlayed their grade school athletic careers, in part, under the tutelage of coach Buck Stamps into D-I college careers.

 

Well known for producing nationally known tennis players, Lookout Mountain honors a quartet of net stars in Chris Brown, Eric Voges, Sue Webb and Simmons.

 

Yogi Anderson grew up on the ball fields at the Lookout Mountain Playground, won a state wrestling title at Notre Dame and earned an impressive 12 varsity letters at the U. of the South.

 

While Healy was running over would be tacklers while at Ga. Tech, Toby Silberman (football official) was making sure everyone played by the rules as a longtime back judge in the Southern Conference and the SEC.

 

Bill Caulkins (softball) is widely known for his longtime career as a Chattanooga Swim League official, but on Lookout Mountain he was the Church League Softball Commissioner for 50 years.

 

The late Skeeter Johnston was well known in U.S. Polo circles and led his teams to multiple national team titles.

 

Class of 2015 (10)

 

Yogi Anderson, Chris Brown, Bill Caulkins, Rob Healy, Skeeter Johnston, King Oehmig, Toby Silberman, Forrest Simmons, Eric Voges, Sue Webb

 

If You Plan to Attend - HOF: Sunday May 3 3 p.m. – Lookout Mountain School Gym.

 

Class of 2015

 

* Yogi Anderson (Notre Dame/U. of the South)

1968 state wrestling champ for the Irish … led ND to team state title … earned 12 varsity letters at Sewanee (football, wrestling, baseball) … 3-time CAC wrestling champ … baseball, wrestling team captain … head wrestling coach at Sewanee and Notre Dame … Little Boys Baseball All-Star for league champion Coca Cola Cokes in 1962 ... Halls of Fame: U. of the South

 

* Chris Brown (Notre Dame/Ga. Tech)

Three-time Southern singles champ (1959-61-62) … three-time state high school champ (1962-63-64) … led ND to two state team titles …. Chattanooga Men’s City champ  ... ranked top 10 nationally in various age groups in early 60s … member of U.S. Jr. Davis Cup … reached Kalamazoo semis (national hard courts) in 18s.... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga

 

* Bill Caulkins (McCallie School/UNC/Alabama)
50 year career as Commissioner and player for Lookout Mountain Men’s Slowpitch Softball League … longtime area swim referee and meet coordinator … season-ending meet is now known as the Caulkins City Swim Meet … member of McCallie’s 1947 Mid-South football championship team. ... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga

 

* Rob Healy (Baylor School/Ga. Tech)

Two-time national prep wrestling champ (1968-69) … Three-time Mid-South winner … 100-yard dash champion in 1968 and two-time Mid-South pole vault winner … Rye Bell Award winner as finest prep athlete in Chattanooga in 1969 … played in three bowl games for Ga. Tech. ... Halls of Fame Baylor School, Greater Chattanooga

 

* Skeeter Johnston (Baylor School/Eckard College) (posthumously)

Co-Founder of the North American Polo League … Governor-at large of U.S. Polo Association … captain of his teams which won the 1988 $100,000 Gold Cup, the 1982 Cartier International Open, the USPA Heritage Cup (twice) and 2003 Hall of Fame Cup.

 

* King Oehmig (Baylor School/Virginia)

Coached Baylor golfers to 21 state team championships (12 girls, nine boys) …. National golf coach of the year, 2006-07 … five different girls won 11 individual state titles and three different boys won four individual championships …. lettered three years at Baylor and all-Mid-South, 1968-69 … lettered four years at Virginia and was team MVP ... Halls of Fame: Baylor School, Greater Chattanooga

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* Toby Silberman (Baylor School/Tennessee)

Longtime football official … Back judge in Southern Conference, 1977-83) … No.1 back judge in 1977 … Back judge in SEC, 1984-2001 … crew chief for three years … worked first two SEC championship games … worked Sun Bowl and Blue-Gray Game (2) … All-City and team captain at Baylor School in baseball and football … quarterback on Mid-South champion football team in 1961 ... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga

 

* Forrest Simmons (Westminster/UNC)

Won ACC singles (#3) and doubles (#2) titles while at U. of North Carolina … 1969 Georgia high school state singles champ at Westminster …. Won Southern Closed 16s singles … Chattanooga City men’s singles champ … Rankings: No.1 in South (14s) … No.6 nationally (singles) and No.2 (doubles) in 14s. ... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga

 

* Eric Voges (McCallie School/Tennessee)

Has coached McCallie to six state tennis titles (1991-94, 2006-07-08-09) … USPTA teaching pro … 1981 state doubles champion at McCallie … team captain at U. of Tennessee as junior and senior …. The Strang-Voges Tennis Center at McCallie is named for Voges and the late John Strang. ... Halls of Fame: Greater Chattanooga

 

* Sue Webb (UTC)

Tennis pro at Fairyland Club … age division world bronze medal in doubles in 2014 … also a 2014 UTSA National 50s Clay Courts doubles champ ….coached Chattanooga Christian School to 10 state titles (six girls, four boys) … three-time NCAA D-II All-American at UTC … two-time D-II national doubles champion … currently ranked No.7 in world doubles rankings. Halls of Fame: UTC, Greater Chattanooga

 

Class of 1991: Zan Guerry, Bill Healy, Lew Oehmig, Betty Probasco, Nick Senter, Bill Spears, Roscoe Tanner

 

Class of 2008: Marilyn Voges Brown, Charlotte Grant, Alex Guerry, Bob Klein, Jack Lupton, Joe McGinness Jr., Hugh Morrow, Teresa Lawrence Phillips, Buck Stamps, Dave Telford

 

Class of 2010: Cindy Kemp Battle, Betsy Caulkins Bookout, Bill Chipley, George Dickinson, Roy Exum, Chip Healy, Wig Robinson, Paul Tessmann, Frank Willett, Mark Williamson

 

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