Sidney Hatfield was a first baseman/pitcher/shortstop who is most notable for winning the 1951 College World Series Most Outstanding Player

College World Series Most Outstanding Player

The College World Series Most Outstanding Player is an award for the best individual performance during the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The recipient of the award is announced at the completion of the College World Series Championship Game...

 award while a junior at University of Tennessee

University of Tennessee

The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...

. He is the only person from the University of Tennessee to win the award.

Hatfield graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1954 with a degree in education. After a brief minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 career, he taught at Rule High School

Rule High School (Knoxville)

Rule High School was a public high school in Knoxville, Tennessee. It opened in 1927 and closed in 1991.The school was named after Knoxville newspaper editor Captain William Rule . When it originally opened in the fall of 1927, it was an elementary-junior high school with 525 students enrolled in...

 in Knoxville, Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee

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 for 10 years. After a stint in the United States military fighting in the Korean War

Korean War

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, he taught and served as the head baseball coach at Tennessee Tech for three years. He was also an assistant basketball coach there. From 1968-1976, he served as the University of Tennessee's golf coach, posting a record of 500-253-3. He died of a stroke on January 20, 2003.