Vols Owner Fay Murray Brings Larry Gilbert to Nashville

In what I have often termed, “the greatest coup in the history of the Southern Association”, on November 8, 1938, Nashville club owner Fay Murray shocked baseball fans, Southern Association moguls, and everyone in between by announcing he had convinced Larry Gilbert, the New Orleans Pelicans veteran manager, to become the Nashville Vols manager, replacing Chuck Dressen.

In this episode, I tell about the special bond between Murray and Gilbert, and the tragic end of the owner's life just as they were getting started.

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