Tin Man
Dirt's Childhood Playmate
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Looking back, John Ward made you (me) feel like you (I) were (was) in the stadium in beautiful east Tennessee every Saturday. Always set the scene, color of trees, the way the sky look, the river, temperature, the beauty of the field and fans, Pride of the Southland Band, the National Anthem with George and all the things that you see and here in your minds eye. Then came the game, you could see it in the same way as he described the players of both teams running up and down the field. There is now way to completely describe what Mr. John Ward meant to UT football, and UT sports in general. (remembered and spoken from the west of the great state of Tennessee)
"It's football time in Tennessee!" will forever be associated with John Ward. John also loved Tennessee basketball (See if you can find recordings of him calling the Ernie & Bernie Show during the mid-'70s). I think that he would be thrilled with this year's roundball Vols (especially following last year's team).