MAYNARDVILLE — If not for that blazing summer sun, Roy Acuff might have made it to baseball's big leagues — and country music might never have known one of its greatest stars. Acuff was born ...

Roy Acuff was in a broadcast booth in Wichita, Kan., in July 1990 when wind and rain chased the teams off the field. The Missions' play-by-play radio announcer began filling time at the microphone ...

At the top of my list of celebrities would have to be Roy Claxton Acuff, named by the late baseball legend Dizzy Dean as “King of Country Music.” As I remember, I met Mr. Acuff four times.

Roy Acuff, the singer and fiddler who was known to millions of Grand Ole Opry listeners as the ”King of Country Music,” died Monday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was 89. He died … ...

Roy Acuff, a Missions announcer for 25 years, died on Wednesday. San Antonio Express-News Hearst Newspapers Logo. ... Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams was Acuff's favorite player.

Born September 15th, 1903, in Maynardsville, Tennessee, just east of Knoxville in the Great Smoky Mountains, Roy Claxton Acuff was on track to become a pro baseball player, having tried out for ...

Acuff, whose unique voice made him stand out among his peers, will be honored by his alma mater at 6 p.m. May 20. The Bobcat Ambassadors, a group of about 35 of Central’s best and brightest, are ...