Gault - NFL wide receiver and Olympic athlete; played 11 seasons for the Chicago Bears and Los Angeles Raiders Nick Hamilton - pro wrestling referee Darrin Hancock - basketball player; played with the 1993 Final Four University of Kansas, the NBA, and various minor league teams after graduating from Griffin High School Doc Holliday - figure of the American West and friend of Wyatt Earp; born in Griffin John McIntosh Kell - Executive Officer of the CSS Alabama; served as Adjutant General of Georgia; born in Darien, Georgia; lived in Griffin in his later life until his death in 1900 Jan Kemp - academic who exposed the allowing of nine college football players to pass a remedial English course at UGA Sidney Lanier - poet, lawyer and musician; lived in Griffin as a child after his birth in Macon; he wrote the poem "Corn" in Sunnyside, several miles north of Griffin Lauren-Ashley - country singer Sonia Leigh - country singer-songwriter; attended Griffin High School Sherrod Martin - former NFL defensive back for the Carolina Panthers Karen Mathiak - chiropractor and Georgia state legislator Josh Pace - Syracuse University basketball guard during the school's first National Championship in 2003; currently plays professional basketball overseas Bobby Rainey - running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and in college for Western Kentucky Kyle Stemberger - record producer Ben Talley - football player Dox Thrash - printmaker and painter, helped invent carborundum technique; born in Griffin in 1893 Stephen J. Townsend - U.S. Army general; graduate of Griffin High School Jessie Tuggle - football linebacker who played his entire career with the Atlanta Falcons; played in college at Valdosta State after graduating from Griffin High School Wyomia Tyus - athlete, Olympic gold medalist, first woman to retain the Olympic title in the 100; born in Griffin Rayfield Wright - Hall of Fame offensive tackle (born in Griffin); played in college at Fort Valley State John P. Yates - Georgia state legislator Culture The Griffin Ballet Theatre was founded in 1994. The Main Street Players professional theater was founded in 2001. The Griffin Museum is located upstairs in the Welcome Center and contains an array of Griffin artifacts and memorabilia, including some dating from the mid-1800s. Griffin Choral Arts, founded in 2007, is a 50-voice auditioned regional community chorus that performs four major concerts each season. Griffin Music Club was founded in 1942, and is