| Year | Class | 440 Yard Dash Champion | Score | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Class AA | Robert Gillespie Harding Academy |
:49.9 | |
| 1980 | Class AAA | Roland Scruggs Maplewood |
:48.3 | |
| 1980 | Class A | Stanley Jefferson Westside |
:50.9 | |
| 1979 | John Brown Fulton |
:48.2 | ||
| 1978 | Cleo Peete Memphis Northside |
:48.9 | ||
| 1977 | Richard Smith Brainerd |
:48.9 | ||
| 1976 | Curtis Causey Memphis South Side |
:48.3 | ||
| 1975 | Mike Barlow Bearden |
:47.7 | ||
| 1974 | Vic Moore Fulton |
:48.9 | ||
| 1973 | Mike Ryan Wooddale |
:49.0 | ||
| 1972 | Richard Horton Stratford |
:48.3 | ||
| 1971 | Doran Marcus Happy Valley |
:49.1 | ||
| 1970 | Darwin Bond Dobyns Bennett |
:46.9 | ||
| 1969 | Darwin Bond Dobyns Bennett |
:48.6 | ||
| 1968 | Darwin Bond Dobyns Bennett |
:48.0 | ||
| 1967 | Ronnie Fuqua Nashville West |
:49.8 | ||
| 1966 | Aubrey Hardy B.T. Washington |
:50.5 | ||
| 1965 | Barry Reno Frayser |
:49.5 | ||
| 1964 | Marty Schiller Memphis Catholic |
:49.0 | ||
| 1963 | Ray McWhorter Glencliff |
:50.9 | ||
| 1962 | Hank Cole Oak Ridge |
:50.6 | ||
| 1961 | Gene Arrington Oak Ridge |
:51.6 | ||
| 1960 | Junior Ward Nashville East |
:50.7 | ||
| 1959 | David Burkhart Oak Ridge |
:51.2 | ||
| 1958 | Larry Ladd Nashville Central |
:52.2 | ||
| 1957 | Dickie Elliott Nashville Isaac Litton |
:51.7 | ||
| 1956 | Ned Fallat Christian Brothers |
:51.6 | ||
| 1955 | Rudy Schmittou Nashville Isaac Litton |
:51.1 | ||
| 1954 | Stan Flowers Memphis Central |
:51.5 | ||
| 1953 | John Barber Memphis Messick |
:50.1 | Memphis | |
| 1952 | Gene Gardner Oak Ridge |
:51.0 | Oak Ridge | |
| 1951 | Bill Jackson Treadwell |
:51.3 | Cookeville | |
| 1950 | Walker Memphis Central |
:54.1 | Nashville | |
| 1949 | Powers Memphis Humes |
:52.7 | Memphis | |
| 1948 | Morrison Kingsport Sullivan |
:51.8 | Johnson City | |
| 1947 | Clunan Tennessee School for the Deaf |
:53.7 | Memphis | |
| 1942 | Daley Memphis Central |
:53.15 | Memphis | |
| 1941 | Pace Chattanooga Central |
:53.3 | Cookeville | |
| 1940 | Mack Martin Nashville East |
:53.3 | ||
| 1939 | Philip Whitley Nashville East |
:55.2 | ||
| 1938 | Collins Chattanooga City |
:53.1 | Cookeville | |
| 1937 | John Crook Nashville East |
:52.5 | Knoxville | |
| 1936 | Kinsey Memphis Central |
:53.8 | Nashville | |
| 1935 | Payne Morristown |
:54.9 | Nashville | |
| 1934 | Ralph Overholt Morristown |
52.7 | Nashville | |
| 1933 | Latteral Science Hill |
54.2 | Nashville | |
| 1931 | Wolfe Morristown |
:52.4 |