The Ed Temple Statue at First Horizon Park commemorates women's track and field coach Ed Temple (1927-2016), who coached forty female Tennessee State University students to the Olympics during his forty-four year tenure. The eight foot tall bronze statue resting on a four foot granite base was sculpted by Brian Hanlon (1961- ), whose studio collaborates with college sports programs to use art to motivate student atheletes. It depicts Temple kneeling while holding a stopwatch and book. The statue was unveiled on August 28, 2015 along the greenway at the First Horizon Park baseball stadium (formerly First Tennessee Park), home of the Nashville Sounds of the Triple-A East.
Ed Temple statue
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The Ed Temple Statue at First Horizon Park commemorates women's track and field coach Ed Temple (1927-2016), who coached forty female Tennessee State University students to the Olympics during his forty-four year tenure. The eight foot tall bronze statue resting on a four foot granite base was sculpted by Brian Hanlon (1961- ), whose studio collaborates with college sports programs to use art to motivate student atheletes. It depicts Temple kneeling while holding a stopwatch and book. The statue was unveiled on August 28, 2015 along the greenway at the First Horizon Park baseball stadium (formerly First Tennessee Park), home of the Nashville Sounds of the Triple-A East.