United States Sports Academy & Mobile County Training School
Description
Theodore Spradley III, born in 1949, graduated from Mobile County Training School (MCTS) in 1967. While attending MCTS, Mr. Spradley participated in three sports: football, basketball, and track and field. He was a member of the 1966/67 MCTS state championship football team, which maintained a perfect record throughout the entire season. After graduating high school, Mr. Spradley received an athletic scholarship to play basketball at Tuskegee Institute, but eventually switched his scholarship to the sport of track and field in which Spradley garnered many accomplishments. After college, Spradley became a science teacher and sport coach for the Mobile County School System, in addition to working with the Mobile Recreation Department. His coaching accomplishments include 6 state track and field championships in the span of 4 years. He was also Teacher and Coach of the Year throughout his teaching/coaching career. Mr. Spradley was inducted into the Tuskegee University of Hall Fame in 1997.
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Mobile County Training School
February 2014
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