Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide: Memorable Stories of Crimson Tide Football

by Tommy Hicks, Chris Stewart (Foreword by)

Overview

Alabama’s football legends recall their greatest moments in this newly updated edition of Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide. From Harry Gilmer and his excellent play in the 1946 Rose Bowl to Antonio Langham’s heroics in the 1992 game against Florida that led the Crimson Tide to the Sugar Bowl, Alabama has had more than its share of great games, great players, and great moments, including its win over Clemson in the 2015 national championship.

In Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide, Tommy Hicks takes readers behind the scenes and onto the field with some of the greatest Crimson Tide players ever. Fans will discover the simple advice and prediction head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant gave his team before the 1967 Auburn game won by quarterback Ken Stabler’s famous "run in the mud." Ken Stabler, Mike Shula, Brodie Croyle, Lee Roy Jordan, Cornelius Bennett, Billy Neighbors, Woodrow Lowe, Joey Jones, Bobby Humphrey, Greg McElroy, and many others all share their memories of the most defining, poignant, and heart-stopping games they ever played in.

Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide highlights some of the games and moments that have added to the tradition of Alabama football.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683580416
Publisher:	Sports Publishing LLC
Publication date:	08/15/2017
Series:	Game of My Life
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Tommy Hicks is in his 41st year as a newspaper reporter and editor. He is currently editor of the Call News and Washington County News. He previously spent 23 years as a sports reporter and columnist at the Mobile Press-Register and also worked at the Phenix Citizen, the Selma Times-Journal, the Montgomery Advertiser, and the Anniston Star. He is also in his third year as sideline reporter for South Alabama football radio broadcasts. A past president of the Football Writers Association of America, Hicks is a three-time Alabama Sports Writer of the Year winner. He has also twice won the Herby Kirby Award, presented by the Alabama Sports Writers Association for the best sports story of the year. He is a two-time president of the ASWA and has served on its executive board since 1997. The author of two other books, Glory Days: Memorable Games in Alabama Football History and Kickoff: The Story of the University of South Alabama’s Inaugural Football Season, Hicks lives in Mobile with his wife, Julie, and their dog, Sparky. He has a daughter, Maren Hicks.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Acknowledgments xv

Chapter 1 Harry Gilmer 1

Chapter 2 Bobby Jackson 9

Chapter 3 Billy Neighbors 19

Chapter 4 Lee Roy Jordan 27

Chapter 5 Steve Sloan 35

Chapter 6 David Ray 43

Chapter 7 Paul Crane 51

Chapter 8 Ray Perkins 59

Chapter 9 Bobby Johns 67

Chapter 10 Ken Stabler 75

Chapter 11 Ozzie Newsome 81

Chapter 12 Richard Todd 89

Chapter 13 Bob Baumhower 97

Chapter 14 Woodrow Lowe 105

Chapter 15 Major Ogilvie 113

Chapter 16 Steadman Shealy 121

Chapter 17 Eddie Lowe 127

Chapter 18 Joey Jones 135

Chapter 19 Jeremiah Castille 143

Chapter 20 Mike Shula 151

Chapter 21 Van Tiffin 157

Chapter 22 Cornelius Bennett 165

Chapter 23 Bobby Humphrey 173

Chapter 24 Roger Shultz 181

Chapter 25 Pierre Goode 189

Chapter 26 Antonio Langham 197

Chapter 27 Eric Curry 205

Chapter 28 Andrew Zow 213

Chapter 29 Tyrone Prothro 223

Chapter 30 Brodie Croyle 233

Chapter 31 DeMeco Ryans 241

Chapter 32 Greg McElroy 249

Chapter 33 Jake Coker 261