When San Antonio Missions President Burl Yarbrough was hired in 1987, he knew that one of his first hires had to be someone who galvanized fans. So, he hired a 48-year-old Roy Acuff. The play-by-play ...
Before he was one of the pioneers in country and bluegrass music, Roy Acuff’s mission was to be a big-league ballplayer. A bout with sunstroke and the subsequent inability to be in sunlight for ...