Position: Guard
Years: 1906-1909
Place of Birth: Hales Mill, VA
Date of Birth: Mar 23, 1886
Place of Death: Knoxville, TN
Date of Death: May 18, 1977
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
High School: Scott County, VA (Scott County HS)
Nathan Dougherty played guard for Tennessee 1906-09 and was captain of the football, basketball, and track teams. He was 6-2, 185-pounds and his nickname was "Big'n." He graduated with honors and acquired two more degrees while teaching engineering classes at Cornell University and George Washington University 1911-16. He returned to the University of Tennessee to teach in 1916 and was dean of the engineering college 1940-56. A building at the engineering college was named for him in 1964. Dougherty served on the university's athletic council 40 years and was its chairman most of that time. He was president of the Southern Conference, a founder of the Southeastern Conference, acting commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, and vice-president of the NCAA. He was born in a log cabin at Hales Mill, Virginia, March 23, 1886, and died at age 91 in 1977.
