Joe Black Hayes

Joe Black Hayes
Date of birth: September 20, 1915
Place of birth: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Date of death: December 9, 2013 (aged 98)
Place of death: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Career information
Status: Retired
Position(s): G
College: University of Tennessee
Organizations
As coach:
1941−1943
1946−1948
1949−1954
Tennessee−Martin (assistant)
Cumberland
Middle Tennessee State (assistant)
As player:
1935−1937 Tennessee
Career highlights and awards
  • Cumberland Athletics Hall of Fame
  • MTSU Hall of Fame

Joe Black Hayes, Sr. (September 20, 1915 − December 9, 2013) was an American football player and coach.

Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Hayes played for the Tennessee Volunteers.[1] Hayes was an assistant under Charles "Bubber" Murphy for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders.[2]

Joe Black Hayes died on December 9, 2013, aged 98, at a nursing home in his hometown of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He was survived by his two sons, nine grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.[3]

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