David Birkner

David Paul Birkner was a three-year football starter at Elizabethton High School before continuing to play at Northeast Bible College. After returning to Elizabethton in 1967, he began officiating baseball and went on to a career of more than 50 years as a sports official. His work included high school, district, regional and state-level assignments in football and softball. Birkner also served the Region 1 Football Association and helped establish the Mountain Empire Chapter of the National Football Foundation. He was inducted into the Carter County Sports Hall of Fame in the fall/winter class of 2017.

Three-year football starter at Elizabethton; more than 50 years in sports officiating.

Carter County Sports Hall of Fame (2017).