The Hillcrest High School Viking
The Hillcrest High School Viking Our history expert solves local mysteries: who, what, when, where, why, and why not. Well, sometimes. Expand Originally intended as a carpet company promotion, âErikâ has been an impressive feature of Hillcrest High School since the early 1970s. Dear Vance: Whatâs the story behind the giant Viking that guards the entrance to Hillcrest High School? â G.L., Memphis. Dear G.L.: In the early 1900s, when the University of Tennessee medical school here fielded its own football team, the players were called the Doctors. Meanwhile, about this time,...
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