HANK LAURICELLA NAMED 2011 SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENT
The T- Club honored one of its members, letterman Hank Lauricella, with the T-Club Service Award. The T-club annually honors members whose service to the University, the Athletic Department and the community has highly distinguished them. Lauricella was “Mr. Everything” during one of the most prominent stretches in UT football history. While the 1948 recruits have been called the best freshman class in Vol history, Lauricella proved as much three years later. In the 1951 Cotton Bowl against Texas, Lauricella set up Tennessee’s first score with a 75-yard run – perhaps the most memorable run in school history. The next season he was named All-SEC and All-America, averaging a school-record 7.9 yards per carry in leading the Vols to a 10-0 regular season. Tennessee was named national champion prior to its Sugar Bowl appearance, and Lauricella finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting. Lauricella enjoyed a brilliant career in development and politics as a Congressman from Louisiana.
