Tommy Buford, Mississippi & Tennessee, inducted in 2016
- The Rhodes College tennis coach recruited him off the baseball team in 1953 and he became one of the school’s most successful players winning the Tennessee Intercollegiate Championship in 1956 and 1957
- Began playing USTA tournaments in 1962 and was ranked as high as number 1 in doubles and number 9 in singles in the South and won the Southern 35’s Singles and Doubles, the 45’s Doubles and the Senior Open along with 9 state championships and won on the 1981 USTA Father/Son Clay Court Doubles Championships with his son Tiger
- Head men’s tennis coach at the University of Memphis from 1966 to 1998 posting a career record of 441-262-3 and winning 5 Metro Conference team championships over 32 seasons
- Began teaching at the Racquet Club of Memphis in 1974 and was the tournament director for the Kroger St. Jude Classic in the 1980’s which raised over $2.6 for St. Jude and was voted the leading ATP World Tour event and had a standout career as an official and referee
- Chaired 4 Southern Tennis Association Committees and was elected Southern Vice President from 1979 to 1983 and a Trustee for the Patrons Foundation
- Charter member of the USTA League Committee and served on several other national committees
- Inducted into the Rhodes Athletic Hall of Fame, Tennessee Tennis Hall of Fame and University of Memphis Hall of Fame