You may have heard—it’s the 40th anniversary of Pat Sullivan winning the Heisman Trophy this year, a fact TWER will be reminding you of most every day this week in honor of Sullivan’s feted (if technically adversarial) return to Jordan-Hare.
We start with a rare gem: the statistic-packed brochure the Auburn Athletic Department sent out to “gentlemen of the press” as a testament to Sully’s worthiness of the award.
Most everyone agrees that Sullivan won the award with his senior year performance against Georgia. Here’s what happened after the game.
Brochure via Clyde Kingry at WeagleWeagle.com.
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As if “of Irish descent” is needed with a name like “Sullivan,” lol. I do find it funny (and kind of odd) that this was mentioned in the brochure, though.
I also found it funny that they included the stat about no player from a school where John Heisman ever coached had won the Heisman Trophy.
won the heisman in 1971
how’d the Iron Bowl turn out that year?
I can’t remember how 1971 turned out, but I sure know about ’72.
@bammer
How’d bammer’s Heisman boy do in the Iron Bowl last year?