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Longtime member of Tennessee Vols football radio broadcast dies

If ever there was a “Vol for Life” it was Bill Anderson. Anderson, a co-captain on the Volunteers’ 1957 football team and Vol Radio Network personality from 1968-1998, died Tuesday in Knoxville at 80.

Team Captain. SEC Champion. Super Bowl Champion. Vol Network Legend.

Bill Anderson passed away Tuesday. https://t.co/PoekYQpTpH pic.twitter.com/wkQWVwGXkb

— Vol Network (@VolNetwork_IMG) April 18, 2017

“It is indeed a sad day for the University of Tennessee and the Vol Network with the passing of Bill Anderson,” UTAD Director of Broadcasting Bob Kesling said via a press release issued by the school.