Remember Bully Van de Graff and His Dangling Ear

PitMaster · Oct 19, 2017

He Was Alabama's first All-American, and exhibited true tennessee hate, to the point of attempted self-mutilation...

The initial Alabama-Tennessee game in 1901 featured fans rushing the field in Birmingham to protest, but was called due to darkness with the score tied 6-6.The 1913 game ended with a 6-0 score in favor of Alabama, but Tennessee never forgot the Crimson Tide’s first All-American, Bully Van de Graaff.
“His ear had a real nasty cut, and it was dangling from his head, bleeding badly,” Tennessee lineman Bull Bayer later recalled. “He grabbed his own ear and tried to yank it from his head. His teammates stopped him and the managers bandaged him.
“Man, was that guy a tough one. He wanted to tear off his own ear so he could keep playing.”

From a good Chris Walsh article about the series and upcoming game

https://www.seccountry.com/alabama/beat-third-saturday-october-rivalry-going-smoke

tidegrandpa · Oct 19, 2017

PitMaster said:
He Was Alabama's first All-American, and exhibited true tennessee hate, to the point of attempted self-mutilation...

From a good Chris Walsh article about the series and upcoming game

https://www.seccountry.com/alabama/beat-third-saturday-october-rivalry-going-smoke

I think Cory Reamer did close to same thing, except rip it off his head, but he did hide it from staff to play. One tough hombre.

Chukker Veteran · Oct 19, 2017

Where is Mike Tyson when you need him?

DzynKingRTR · Oct 19, 2017

That is one tough dude. Players are wimps today.

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