Freddie Lee Scott ’74 Chosen for Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame | Amherst College
Freddie Lee Scott ’74 Chosen for Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame | Amherst College
Freddie Lee Scott ’74 Chosen for Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame
“Freddie Lee Scott is one of the best kept secrets in Arkansas sports,” writes columnist Wally Hall. “The Grady native went to Amherst College, where he was named to the Little All-America team. He spent 10 years catching passes in the NFL and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.” Now Scott is part of the latest class of inductees into his home state’s hall of fame.
Hall’s article describes the process by which the 50 members of the board of directors of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame selected the inductees. “This year's class is one of the most interesting in history, as the class of nine represents five distinct areas,” he wrote. These areas include football, basketball, baseball, tennis and sports broadcasting.
A Black studies major at Amherst, Scott was a member not only of the football team but also of the basketball and track teams. He went on to be a wide receiver for the NFL from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, playing for the Baltimore Colts and then the Detroit Lions. Today he works for the Arkansas Department of Education.
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