Robert Morgan Foxx (September 15, 1917 – June 22, 1975) was an

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player. He played

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for the

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team from 1938 to 1940 and was selected by the

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as a second-team player on the

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. In a poll of ''Knoxville Journal'' readers, Foxx was voted Knoxville's greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century. He was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 1968. He played minor league baseball in 1941. He also was hired as an assistant football coach at Tennessee in 1941.

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* 1917 births 1975 deaths American football halfbacks Baseball outfielders Georgia Pre-Flight Skycrackers football players Clinton Giants players Jersey City Giants players Tennessee Volunteers football coaches Tennessee Volunteers football players Players of American football from Tennessee {{Runningback-1910s-stub