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Johnny Farmer

Johnny Farmer Biography – 2013 FCSHOF Inductee

Johnny Farmer (29)When he took on the challenge of coaching the high school girls basketball team in the remote North Georgia town of Blue Ridge, Johnny Farmer said he wanted to “put Fannin County on the map.”

Nearly 600 victories and two state championships later, one can safely say, “mission accomplished.”

The route Farmer mapped out with his stellar playing and coaching career has taken him to a prime destination — the Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame as an inaugural member of the class of 2013. Continue reading

Joe Tipton

Joe Tipton Biography – 2013 FCSHOF Inductee

Joe TiptonJoe Tipton was born on February 18, 1922 in a house that was practically on the Tennessee-Georgia border. His birth was in Copperhill, Tennessee. When Joe was a very small boy his family moved a few miles south into a Georgia community that the locals refer to as Vellenorthtown, just outside of McCaysville. Joe would grow up there and make his home in that hamlet until his retirement from professional baseball over 30 years later.

Joe was the youngest of 5 boys in the Tipton household (two daughters would Continue reading