Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 5

Part 5 of a 5 Part Series

Clarksville, TN – It was 5:30am, Thursday, August 6th, 2009, when I answered the phone at the radio station, and Steve Phillips asked if I’d heard about Mickey.

I said, “Mickey Fisher?”

“Yes.”

“What happened?”

‘He died last night.”

I don’t remember anything he told me after that, but I knew I had to get my wits about me, and break the news that Mickey Fisher was gone. It wasn’t easy.

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Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 4

Part 4 of a 5 Part Series

Clarksville, TN – Mickey Fisher loved golf.

He got it honest.

His father, George Fisher, was obsessed with golf; he worked tirelessly on his game. On any given day, you would see George Fisher hitting golf balls in front of Barksdale Elementary School, or at the Clarksville Country Club. George Fisher, Mason Rudolph, and Dave Aaron, all good friends, spent hours on the golf course with their sons.

Mickey Fisher did the same thing.

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Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 3

Part 3 of a 5 Part Series

Clarksville, TN – Mickey Fisher was adjusting to college life, and playing basketball with “Fly” Williams. Austin Peay State University and the Clarksville community was attracting national attention. During all of this change and excitement, someone caught his eye.

Mary Hopson had graduated from Clarksville High School two years ahead of Mickey. They knew who each other was in high school, but because of their age difference, they never dated. Mary was one of three children from a regular,hard working, go to church on Sunday family. Very close to her father, with a couple of ” over-protective” brothers and a mother who could cook like nobody’s business, Mary Hopson was raised just like Mickey Fisher. Their families never had a lot of money, never had all the latest “things,” they just made the best out of what they had, and they were happy about it.

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Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher Part 2

Part 2 of a 5 Part Series

Clarksville, TN – Mickey Fisher came out of Clarksville High School as one of the best basketball players Clarksville had ever seen. We had come to expect that he would play college ball somewhere, and with the history his family had with Austin Peay State University, the assumption was that he would play in Clarksville. According to his mother, Myra, he had been offered a scholarship to Jacksonville, but chose to stay in Clarksville and play for the Governors.

It was a delicate situation with his father, George Fisher, still coaching at APSU, and his mother working there as well. Myra Fisher told me, “We hoped it was alright, and that people didn’t see it as a problem, but Mickey knew that he wasn’t going to get any favors, and would have to work hard and earn his spot on the team.”

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Memories of Mickey – Remembering Mickey Fisher

Part 1 of a 5 Part Series

Clarksville, TN – My memories of Mickey Fisher began when I returned to Clarksville Tennessee in 1971. There were only three high schools in Clarksville at the time. Clarksville High School, Northwest High School and Montgomery Central High School.

I started dating a cheerleader at Northwest, and since I didn’t go to high school here, I immediately hated Clarksville High School, (my girlfriend told me to).

When Northwest and CHS played each other, the entire city shut down, and everybody went to the game. I saw Mickey play a few games, but only when they played Northwest.

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Clarksville Parks and Recreation’s awards second-annual Coach of the Year Award

Clarksville, TN – The City of Clarksville Parks & Recreation Department along with Legends Bank awarded the Legends Award – Coach of the Year Award to Clarksville High School wrestling coach, Jeff Jordan last night at the second-annual Legends Award Coaches’ Banquet held at William O. Beach Civic Hall in Veterans Plaza.

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