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re: Lionel James has passed away
Posted on 2/25/22 at 10:36 pm to jangalang
Posted on 2/25/22 at 10:36 pm to jangalang
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This was the Little Train running back right?
*sigh*
This isn’t a critical comment towards you, jang.
Just a sigh to recognize I am of an age where my college heroes have become “Oh? That guy?”
Not your fault… time rolls on.
This post was edited on 2/25/22 at 10:40 pm
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Posted on 2/26/22 at 7:24 am to SpotCheckBilly
Sad to hear. His senior year was my Freshman year. Post college a lot of these guys would come back in the winter quarter and take classes. I had a math class with him when he did one of these winter quarters. Dude was smaller than I was but ripped. IT was pretty funny after class, he would meet up with a pro lineman whose name I forget that would fill up the door. He was a pretty cool dude but had a note taker for him every class.
Posted on 2/26/22 at 8:00 am to beatbammer
I was born in 89. Didn’t start watching football until Daniel Cobb was our QB.
I am detached to the Barfield/ Dye/ Tatertot days although I love hearing stories about our tallest stars of those days. A guy at work went to Auburn while Lionel was there and was telling me some story about Auburn students drinking milk jugs of beer to get around open container laws. He told me Lionel was 5’6 and shoulders bigger than his own (this guy was like 6’2 200) and downed like two
jugs of milk in front of him. I don’t know what size jugs but while
everyone was drinking beer Lionel was drinking milk. Lionel told him he needed the calories.
I am detached to the Barfield/ Dye/ Tatertot days although I love hearing stories about our tallest stars of those days. A guy at work went to Auburn while Lionel was there and was telling me some story about Auburn students drinking milk jugs of beer to get around open container laws. He told me Lionel was 5’6 and shoulders bigger than his own (this guy was like 6’2 200) and downed like two
jugs of milk in front of him. I don’t know what size jugs but while
everyone was drinking beer Lionel was drinking milk. Lionel told him he needed the calories.
Posted on 2/26/22 at 1:26 pm to jangalang
You are young bro. I graduated high school in 90
Posted on 2/26/22 at 1:29 pm to jangalang
Lionel would also dunk on us in pick-up games in the Student Act.
Posted on 2/26/22 at 4:02 pm to auburn22
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Anyone know what he died from?
All I saw was a lengthy illness?
He was a force. Think him & Bo overlapped a year. I came in shortly after Bo left.
#oldfolks
Posted on 2/26/22 at 4:48 pm to beatbammer
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Lionel would also dunk on us in pick-up games in the Student Act.
I also heard a story about how a football player took him out on his dunk attemp and he chased down that guy around 5 or 6 courts divided by curtains and threw the ball at him for taking a cheap shot while he didn’t have insurance.
This post was edited on 2/26/22 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 2/26/22 at 5:17 pm to WarEaGAL
Little Train, 1980 to 1983.
Bo, 1982 to 1985.
Bo, 1982 to 1985.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 6:29 pm to jangalang
quote:Dye tried to run James off when he came in late 1980. There's an Instagram post that Lionel James made that spells this out. Dye asked him who recruited him, and Lionel said Alex Gibbs. IDK if Dye had a problem with Alex Gibbs but Lionel James was demoted to 7th team in the wishbone. James wanted to transfer, but through counsel with his family he stuck around. Dye later said it was his worst mistake and Little Train was one of his favorite players.
I was born in 89. Didn’t start watching football until Daniel Cobb was our QB.
I am detached to the Barfield/ Dye/ Tatertot days although I love hearing stories about our tallest stars of those days. A guy at work went to Auburn while Lionel was there and was telling me some story about Auburn students drinking milk jugs of beer to get around open container laws. He told me Lionel was 5’6 and shoulders bigger than his own (this guy was like 6’2 200) and downed like two
jugs of milk in front of him. I don’t know what size jugs but while
everyone was drinking beer Lionel was drinking milk. Lionel told him he needed the calories.
Posted on 2/27/22 at 10:14 pm to freemanjiro
quote:
I can't remember who our QB was before Randy.
Joe Sullivan/Ken Hobby/Charles Thomas
Posted on 2/28/22 at 7:30 am to beatbammer
quote:Sometimes on consecutive plays
Joe Sullivan/Ken Hobby/Charles Thomas
Posted on 2/28/22 at 7:41 am to beatbammer
quote:
Little Train, 1980 to 1983.
Bo, 1982 to 1985.
Brent Fullwood 1983 to 1986
Tommie Agee 1983 to 1986
The Cohort before.
Joe Cribbs 1976 to 1979
William Andrews 1976 to 1978
James Brooks 1977 to 1980
Those years were where we became RBU.
Posted on 2/28/22 at 7:41 am to beatbammer
Charlie Trotman?
Posted on 2/28/22 at 7:37 pm to NewbombII
IIRC, Trotman did color analyst work alongside Jim Fyffe for many years on radio. Surprised to see how young Jang was. LOL. I graduated AHS in '88. The 80's were a good time to grow up and Auburn was a great place to do so. Fortunate. War Eagle. 
Posted on 2/28/22 at 8:37 pm to NewbombII
quote:
Charlie Trotman?
Finished his AU football career in 1979.
Posted on 2/28/22 at 8:46 pm to freemanjiro
Did anybody recognize the milk jugs used for beer story? I found that odd. Maybe my old friend was just telling the story little too funny.
Posted on 3/13/22 at 9:03 am to SpotCheckBilly
I saw nothing of this until now. Damn. RIP Little Train.
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