Career
He played at the University of Tennessee including the 1943 Sugar Bowl. He lettered at Tennessee in 1942, 1946 and 1947 where he was elected Team Captain as a senior. In the 1947 Vanderbilt game Denny flattened three Vanderbilt Commodores with a devastating block, springing Hal Littleford for a 65-yard punt return touchdown.
While serving in the military in World World War II, he played service football for the 1944 Maxwell Field Marauders and the 1945 AAFTC Skymasters.
After his playing career, Denny spent 13 years coaching college football at Washington and Lee, Maryland, Mississippi State and Minnesota. After moving back to his hometown he spent several years as a coach at Sullivan Central High School, Blountville, Tennessee.