The Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame announced over the weekend that Cumberland County native Curt Watson will be honored with the Life of a Champion Award at their upcoming Champion Within luncheon. The presentation will take place June 16 at 11:30 a.m. at the Omni Nashville Hotel on 5^th Street South in Nashville. Watson graduated from Cumberland County High School and went on to play college football for the Tennessee Volunteers. Watson was a three-time all-SEC football player. He went on to play two season in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers. He later joined the Navy and served 11 years as a pilot, including four years with the famed Blue Angels. Watson was instrumental in bringing a replica Blue Angels fighter jet that sits this day in front of Cumberland County High School.