LeRoy Sprankle
American basketball coach
Died when: 78 years 106 days (939 months)Star Sign: Gemini
LeRoy Sprankle (June 11, 1894 – September 25, 1972) was an American high school sports coach and athletics advocate in Eastern Tennessee and South Florida.
Often referred to as the "Father of East Tennessee Sports", he had several notable accomplishments during his tenured career including: helping to standardize high school officiating in the state of Tennessee, pioneering interstate and international high school sports competition, and most notably, coaching several would-be prominent figures in American and sports history.
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