R.W. (Dick) Stewart
Inducted in 1990
Basketball
As a Lion

R.W. (Dick) Stewart coached some of Freed-Hardeman's greatest basketball teams and players. Coach Stewart coached basketball for a total of 23 years at FHC and also coached football for two years before FHC gave up the game.

Stewart lettered in three sports at Lexington High School in Lexington, TN., with at total of seven letters.

After Graduation
At Union University, he played football and basketball four years and baseball two years. He was captain of the baseball team in '27 and captain of the football team in '28. He graduated from Union in '28 and from '29 to '34 was head football and basketball coach at Chester County High School in Henderson.

He began coaching at FHC in '34, coaching football in '34 and '35 and basketball until '43 when he took leave to enter business in Henderson. During his first stint as basketball coach, his '35 team participated in the National AAU tournament in Denver, Colo., and his young 1937 team won the Mississippi Valley Conference championship. Two of his players broke individual world scoring records. In '37, Jim Murdaugh record with 83 points, the last 33 coming in the second half with five defenders covering him.

His best team was probably his'38 squad. The went undefeated until the final game of the MVC tournament. That season the lions amazingly outscored their opponents by a cumulative 766 points to 346.

 
Lion Hall of Fame
YearInducteeSport(s)
1985Kerby FarrellBaseball
1985Laurent JohnsonCoaching
1985Lon VarnellBaseball, Basketball, and Football
1986Mary Nelle Brum ChalkWomen's Basketball
1986John Luke WebbFootball, Basketball, and Baseball
1986James WilliamsBaseball and Basketball
1987Mac H. FeltsMultiple
1987Kate Pennington RochelleWomen's Basketball
1987Robert L. WittBasketball
1988Ulyss BrockMen's Basketball
1988Mayme Higginbottam LaneWomen's Basketball
1988Jim MurdaughMen's Basketball
1989Jerry MooreMen's Basketball
1989John L. WeeksBaseball, Basketball, Football
1990Vanassa Chism BranchWomen's Basketball
1990Dolly LambertBaseball
1990John PipkinBaseball and Basketball
1990David SmithBasketball
1990R.W. (Dick) StewartBasketball
1991Sammy FisherCoaching
1991Dick GrayTrack and Field
1991Robert Stanley LittleMen's Basketball
1992Ancil JohnsonMen's Basketball
1992Clyde WoodsTennis
1993Aaron HerronMen's Basketball
1993Gerald MichaelMen's Basketball
1994Arthur BonnerMen's Basketball
1995Ruben BrownMen's Basketball
1995Charlie SmithMen's Basketball, Coaching
1996Cindy AndersonWomen's Basketball
1996Janice Wood GriggsWomen's Basketball
1996Renee Hensley PaughTennis and Basketball
1996Owen MitchellMen's Tennis
1997Randall AveryMen's Basketball
1997Sergio CastelloMen's Tennis
1998Garrett GrillsMen's Basketball
1999Fabiana CuggionniWomen's Tennis
1999Joe HardinDistinguished Service
1999Johanna MittenhammerWomen's Tennis
1999Ernesto RamosMen's Basketball
2000Claudia SanchezTennis
2002Jennifer Burkeen ShowersBasketball
2002David ByrdCoaching
2002Clay MurleyBaseball
2005Kara Sanders AtkinsWomen's Basketball
2005Qiana ElamWomen's Basketball
2006Chike StevensonMen's Basketball
2007Federico ContrerasTennis
2007Ricardo FerreiraTennis
2007Micheal GainesMen's Basketball
2008Nancy BennettDistinguished Service
2008Lee BurklowMen's Basketball
2008Mikki Dowell VinsonVolleyball/Softball