When a person takes a look at Berry College’s athletics program today the see well respected and successful athletic programs. Also the widely participated in intramural programs and booming physical education classes and majors. Garland M. Dickey was the most influential factor in the development of Berry College athletics, both intramural and intercollegiate. Not only did he greatly influence the athletics at Berry College but also the intramurals and physical education departments
Garland M. Dickey was a student at Berry College long before he was hired as athletic director. While attending Berry, Dickey participated in all of the inter-dormitory competitions he could. He found himself partaking in baseball, basketball, cross country, and track in these inter-dormitory games. His love for athletics was formed in the early years of his life. Garland M. Dickey found this love for athletics growing up in Kelso, Tennessee, where Garland and his two brothers Bob and......
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