Former SEC commissioner and Vanderbilt athletics director Roy Kramer died on Dec. 4. He was 96.
The Maryville, Tennessee, native was the sixth commissioner of the SEC, a position he served in from 1990-2002. Under Kramer's leadership, the conference expanded from 10 to 12 schools with the addition of South Carolina and Arkansas . He also created the first conference championship game in NCAA Division I history in 1992.

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