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Roll Tide 57

Roll Tide 57

1st Team
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Mike Tucker- has 3 NC rings from the 70's played baseball against him in HS
Randy Billingsley- a real FB run all over me in HS football
Wilbur Jackson- great friend from Ozark whole family just plain good people
Sylvester Croom- meet him in Tampa, don't mean to stir a stink but he is a class guy would have been a winning coach at Alabama
Rich Wingo- strong as an ox & nice guy
 
BamaHoosier

BamaHoosier

All-American
Jan 17, 2011
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Noblesville Indiana
The first players I idolized growing up would have been Shaun Alexander, Freddie Milons and Tyler Watts. I was a teen during the Shula days, so I would also even throw Bodie Croyle and Tyrone Prothro on the list.

Luckily, growing up in the digital age, and with a dad who grew up idolizing all of the players Bear had, I was immersed in old videos and tapes. So I almost feel like I grew up watching greats like Namath, Musso, Ogilvie, and all the others who I missed due to being born too late.
 
Al A Bama

Al A Bama

Hall of Fame
Jun 24, 2011
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Leroy Jordan, Mike Fracchia, Joe Willie Namath are just three of many! Pat Trammel, also!
 
im4datide

im4datide

All-SEC
Sep 6, 2001
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Spring Hill,TN
My Grandmother worked in the football office in the late 60's-early 70's so she knew most of the players. I was a big fan of Bob Childs, Pete Jilleba & Terry Davis. I have autographed pictures of Childs & Davis that I still have. Terry sent his to me in the mail when my grandmother told him what a big fan of his I was. We lived in New Jersey at the time as my Dad had gotten a job transfer from B'ham to NYC. During that time I got to meet Pete Jilleba at his home as he was a NJ native. He had brought some books home with him during a summer that my grandmother had sent with him for me and my siblings so one Saturday my Dad and I went to his house to pick them up. As a 8-9 yr old it was a big thrill to meet an Alabama football player.
 
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TommyMac

Hall of Fame
Apr 24, 2001
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Mobile, Alabama
Padreruf said:
"Birdville" brings back old memories from the early '60's. We used to play them in football and basketball in the Park system league -- I played for "Crawford Park" if I remember correctly. You guys were always a tough game...:)

I go back to Leroy Jordan, etc., but my favorite players grew to be the OL. Unsung heroes but the key to any great team.
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Yep, I began in organized football with the Thomas James Tinymites and played rec park football til junior high at Mae Eanes. Thomas James was great, we even had an indoor basketball court and believe me we had some killer pick-up games there with bets of a dime, (What the soft drink machine took) and even a quarter sometimes among those who had paper routes and could afford such high stakes.


:D:D:D
 
bamaboyinnh

bamaboyinnh

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Aug 21, 2008
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New Hampshire
Im an old linebacker from my high school playing days. I will have to go with Derrick Thomas and Cornelius Bennett. Loved to watch those two play.
 
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ALA2262

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Aug 4, 2007
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Tideflyer said:
If pressed, I think Coach Bryant would have said Pat Trammel was his all time favorite.
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Little if any question about it. He stated that the day Pat died was the saddest day in his life.

No one will ever convince me that it didn't effect Coach Bryant's coaching during Bowl season for many years after Pat's death. Pat died 18 days before the 1968 Gator Bowl. I have never seen a team care less about playing in a Bowl game. It would be 1975 before Bama would win another Bowl. They were o-6-1 at that point in Bowls after Pat's death.
 
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TiderJack

TiderJack

Hall of Fame
Jul 9, 2010
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Inverness, AL
im4datide said:
My Grandmother worked in the football office in the late 60's-early 70's so she knew most of the players. I was a big fan of Bob Childs, Pete Jilleba & Terry Davis. I have autographed pictures of Childs & Davis that I still have. Terry sent his to me in the mail when my grandmother told him what a big fan of his I was. We lived in New Jersey at the time as my Dad had gotten a job transfer from B'ham to NYC. During that time I got to meet Pete Jilleba at his home as he was a NJ native. He had brought some books home with him during a summer that my grandmother had sent with him for me and my siblings so one Saturday my Dad and I went to his house to pick them up. As a 8-9 yr old it was a big thrill to meet an Alabama football player.
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Terry Davis was a good friend of my dad and he coached my 13-14 year old baseball team. Good guy.
 
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Alasippi

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Aug 31, 2007
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Ocean Springs, MS
In the ninth grade I wore number 22 as a running back and my nickname was, "Little Musso", so Johnny's my favorite. He was my idol. I still think he was the best all around football player Bama ever had. Run, block, catch passes, he could do it it all.
I'd go with Stabler, Namath, Sloan, Tommy John's, Leslie Kelly, impossible question.
But as a kid,these are the guys I remember most.
I'll say this however...the most vivid image I have was as a six year old when Mike Frachia(sp)tore his knee up. I remember watching him rolling around on the field, and medical science was nothing like it is today.
Tough sight.
Musso was the best Bama football player ever in my opinion. For the time, and I'll repeat, for the time.
Howard Cosell voted for him for the Heisman. That should tell you something if you're old enough to remember Howard.
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bama2112

bama2112

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Nov 19, 2006
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Cobb County, Ga.
Alasippi said:
In the ninth grade I wore number 22 as a running back and my nickname was, "Little Musso", so Johnny's my favorite. He was my idol. I still think he was the best all around football player Bama ever had. Run, block, catch passes, he could do it it all.
I'd go with Stabler, Namath, Sloan, Tommy John's, Leslie Kelly, impossible question.
But as a kid,these are the guys I remember most.
I'll say this however...the most vivid image I have was as a six year old when Mike Frachia(sp)tore his knee up. I remember watching him rolling around on the field, and medical science was nothing like it is today.
Tough sight.
Musso was the best Bama football player ever in my opinion. For the time, and I'll repeat, for the time.
Howard Cosell voted for him for the Heisman. That should tell you something if you're old enough to remember Howard.
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I totally and wholeheartedly agree with you about Johnny Musso. I was lucky enough to be of driving age so a couple of my buddies and I would drive from Decatur to Bham on Saturdays and buy tickets from scalpers , I saw Johnny play 3 times live. I have never seen a Bama player since give it 150% like he did. It may have been seeing the tear away jersey flapping in the wind when he broke a long one or his dives into the endzone. It seems that Bryant coached teams played above the competition most of the time.

I always look to see whos wearing #22 because to me it will always belong to Johnny Musso.
 
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Alasippi

Suspended
Aug 31, 2007
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bama2112 said:
I totally and wholeheartedly agree with you about Johnny Musso. I was lucky enough to be of driving age so a couple of my buddies and I would drive from Decatur to Bham on Saturdays and buy tickets from scalpers , I saw Johnny play 3 times live. I have never seen a Bama player since give it 150% like he did. It may have been seeing the tear away jersey flapping in the wind when he broke a long one or his dives into the endzone. It seems that Bryant coached teams played above the competition most of the time.

I always look to see whos wearing #22 because to me it will always belong to Johnny Musso.
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He was something special. Bryant actually said, "He's the best player in college football"....which was rare indeed.
 
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BoSox Tider

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Islander said:
Bart Starr.
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I don't remember Bart at Bama, but I was a Packer fanatic when I was a kid and he was the reason I became interested in Bama football.

As far as favorite Bama player that I actually remember playing for Bama, Steadman Shealy. Not exactly childhood, because I was a pro/Packer fan until I was in college. (I just barely remember Snake).
 
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