Biographical details | |
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Born | 1924 Bristol, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | March 27, 2016 Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 91–92)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1946–1949 | Tennessee |
Baseball | |
1947–1950 | Tennessee |
Position(s) | Halfback (football) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1951–1953 | East Tennessee State (assistant) |
1954 | East Tennessee State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–4–1 |
Bowls | 1–0 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
Hal Gordon Littleford Jr. (1924 – March 27, 2016) was an American football player and coach and politician.[1] He was an all–Southeastern Conference (SEC) halfback at the University of Tennessee in 1948.[2] Littleford served as the head football coach at East Tennessee State University in 1954 after three years there as an assistant.[3] After retiring from coaching, he worked in real estate and served as the mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee, from 1967 to 1969.[4]