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Stokely Athletics Center at the University of Tennessee, 1987. (KNS Archive)

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Stokely Athletics Center at the University of Tennessee, 1987. (KNS Archive)

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  • In a May 7, 1966, photograph, William B. Stokely Jr., left, the chairman of the board of the Stokely-Van Camp Co., lays the cornerstone of the Stokely Athletic Center with University of Tennessee President Andy Holt. (KNS Archive)
  • Stokely Athletics Center at the University of Tennessee, 1987. (KNS Archive)
  • In an October, 15, 1966, photograph, William B. Stokely Jr., left, and University of Tennessee Director of Development Charles Brakebill view construction work at the Stokely Athletics Center. Stokely, the chairman of the board of the Stokely-Van Camp Co., died two days later at the home of his mother in Newport. He was 66. (KNS Archive)
  • Stokely Athletics Center at the University of Tennessee, 1987. (KNS Archive)
  • In a March 19, 1987, photograph, Coach Pat Summitt watches the Lady Vols defeat Virginia 66-58 during the NCAA Mideast Region semifinal at Stokely Athletics Center. Lady Vol No. 44 is Cheryl Littlejohn. (J. Miles Cary/News Sentinel)
  • University of Tennessee men's basketball coach Don DeVoe carried on the winning tradition at Stokely Athletics Center that had been started by Ray Mears. (University of Tennessee)
  • Don DeVoe was often a fiery sideline presence at Stokely Athletics Center, as evidenced here in a 1985 game. (Michael Patrick, Knoxville News Sentinel)
  • In a Feb. 18, 1967, photograph, University of Tennessee President Andy Holt, left, strikes a pose for a News-Sentinel photographer with Mr. & Mrs. William B. Stokely III at Stokely Athletics Center. The Stokely family was honored before the Tennessee-Vanderbilt basketball game for its $600,000 gift to the university that made the athletic center possible. The photo caption noted that Mrs. Stokely, the former Kay Haslett, Knoxville, is a former U-T beauty. (KNS Archive)
  • In an April 1, 1979, photograph, University of Tennessee coach Pat Head, right, talks to UCLA coach Billie Moore during the Pan American games trials at Stokely Athletic Center. At left is University of Texas coach Jody Conradt. All three are enshrined in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (Jack Kirkland/News Sentinel)
  • A ticket stub from Elvis Presley's 1977 Stokely Athletic Center concert at the University of Tennessee. (Steve and Donna Colburn)

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BillVol writes:

It's Athletics -- not Athletic -- Center. Look at the picture of the building.

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