Showcasing a Remarkable University of Tennessee Football Collection

Sports History Network · Nov 2, 2026 · 39m · transcript

Our guest Bill Harb's unwavering dedication to the preservation of University of Tennessee football history, manifested through an expansive collection that penetrates into the early twentieth century. We recount that Harb, a native Knoxvillian who first attended a game at age nine, has methodically assembled and researched artifacts that range from pre-1950 programs and photographic plate books to game balls and jerseys. We examine emblematic pieces—most notably a multi-signed copy of the 1951 Cotton Bowl photograph and Bowden Wyatt’s circa-1938 jersey salvaged from a barn—which together…