Inducted December 16, 2017

John Britton was the varsity baseball coach at SHS for 14 seasons and the Athletic Director at the school for four years. Britton coached the Owls' baseball teams from 1965 to 1978 and had a record of 243-137, a winning percentage of 64%. His Seymour teams won five South Central Conference championship in 1966, 1967, 1969, 1973 and 1974, He also coached nine sectional championship teams in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1978. And Britton had two regional championship teams in 1974 and 1978. He coached four players who earned all-state honors, 16 players who earned All-South Central Conference honors and numerous players who went on to play college baseball. He also had three players who played professional baseball. They were Mike Russell, Stan Schroer and Luke Wren. Britton also was the coach of the South team in the annual Indiana North-South All-Star game in 1978. Britton was the Athletic Director at Seymour from 1976 to 198- and also was an assistant football coach for the Owls.