Ed Molinski played guard for Tennessee from 1938 to 1940 and was an All SEC consensus All-American in 1939 and was chosen first team All-America by The Sporting News in 1940. He served in the Marines in World War II and then as an assistant football coach at Memphis State and Mississippi State while working on his MD degree at UT Memphis. He practiced in Memphis and served as team doctor for the Mississippi State and Memphis State football teams. At UT he was also captain of the boxing team, and Tennessee state heavyweight champion in Golden Gloves. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990.