This would have been a fun A-Day. (Click to enlarge.) … Keep Reading: * Auburn grad pays tribute to Toomer’s Oaks with giant back tattoo * Auburn’s 70s Super Fan * Selena Roberts, Auburn student journalist * Apple CEO Tim Cook huge Auburn fan even in high school * Shug Jordan’s houndstooth hat is prized […]
Pat Sullivan
The many careers of Pat Sullivan
Once upon a Birmingham, Pat Sullivan was your good neighbor. This we knew, and would have guessed if we hadn’t—it was the late 70s and early 80s and, kind of like today, insurance gigs for former Auburn stars were can’t-lose. But before returning to the Auburn sidelines as quarterbacks coach in 1986, ol’ Sully could […]
1970 photo of an unconscious Terry Beasley being dragged off the field
You hear stories about Terry Beasley, who sadly paid a hefty price for football immortality—the 18 concussions over the course of his college and professional career resulted in closed-head injury syndrome—getting knocked out during games. But you maybe thought the whole “had to drag him off the field” thing was just colorful description. Nope, there’s […]
Auburn unveils bronze statues honoring Heisman winners Pat Sullivan, Bo Jackson, and Cam Newton
Auburn unveiled the bronze statues honoring its three Heisman Trophy winners today a year and one day after announcing it had commissioned them. The statues were unveiled at a ceremony held outside Jordan-Hare Stadium before Auburn’s annual A-Day game. Each is one-half times life size and weighs approximately 1,900 pounds. “It’s a special day in […]
Rare candids of Super Sully at the 1971 Heisman Banquet
People weren’t iPhoning photos of Cartoon Carl smoking a stogie back in 1971.