Mountain Empire Football Hall of fame
Inducted 2016
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DAVID BIRKNER
David Birkner, a 1960 graduate from Elizabethton High School, was a football official for 55 years, officiating 38 State play-off games and refereeing in the TSSAA State Championships in 2000. He also actively officiated in the Pop Warner Little League. Birkner has been a member of Grace Baptist Church in Elizabethton for 65 years, where he served as Sunday School Director for 25 years, co-chairman of the Building and Grounds committee for the new church sanctuary, and currently presents a Children’s Church sermon each Sunday. He was on the Board of Directors for Children’s Bible Ministries for 7 years. Birkner was very active in the Elizabethton Boys’ and Girls’ Club and was on its Board of Directors for 12 years. Birkner served as Treasurer of Region One Football Officials Association for 39 years and was President for 3 years. Birkner was instrumental in the foundation of the Mountain Empire Chapter of the National Football Foundation and currently serves as its Treasurer. |