Lee High School fieldhouse honors Holloway

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May 2, 2023

Condredge Hollaway with Lee High School football team (Lee High School contributed)

HUNTSVILLE — University of Tennessee’s legendary two-sport athlete and Lee High School graduate Condredge Holloway returned to his hometown to dedicate the school’s fieldhouse – the Condredge Holloway Athletic Complex.

Holloway played baseball for Max Burleson at Lee, basketball for Jerry Dugan and football for Keith Wilson.

Then, he took his skills to the SEC, turning down an offer to play in the Major Leagues for the Montreal Expos, after being drafted fourth overall.

“The University of Tennessee has a statue of the man outside their stadium,” said Tony Woods, principal of Lee High School. “We should have something here on campus where it all started.”

Condredge Holloway with Lee High School cheerleading squad (Lee High School contributed)

Holloway played football and baseball for University of Tennessee and is the assistant athletic director for the Vols. He was the first African American member of the Volunteers baseball program and the first African American starting quarterback in the SEC in 1972.

A member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (inducted in 1999), he won Grey Cups in 1976 Ottawa Rough Riders) and 1983 (Toronto Argonauts) and was named the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player in 1982.

Holloway was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame this year and the Tennessee Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000. He was just the third UT baseball player to have his jersey retired when his No. 1 was honored in 2015.

Superintendent Christie Finley said Holloway is a shining example of what it means to be a Huntsville City Schools graduate.

“Here in Huntsville City Schools, we encourage our students to build a future and leave a legacy,” Finley said. “Mr. Holloway, you built a future and left a legacy, and our students will be reminded of that every time they enter the fieldhouse here at Lee High School.”

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