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BAMA's 54 Greatest Since 1953
Posted on 10/18/09 at 8:29 am
Posted on 10/18/09 at 8:29 am
Recently bought from Amazon a college football reference book covering the period since 1953. Among the features are lists of greatest players from various schools since 53.
Thought I'd get the BAMA fans' thoughts on the list for the Tide:
OFFENSE
WIDE RECEIVER: Dennis Homan, Freddie Milons, Ozzie Newsome
TIGHT END: Bart Krout, Lamonde Russell
TACKLE: Buddy Brown, Jim Bunch, Cecil Dowdy, Chris Samuels
GUARD: John Hannah, Billy Neighbors, Larry Rose
CENTER: Sylvester Croom, Dwight Stephenson
QUARTERBACK: Brodie Croyle, Walter Lewis, Joe Namath, Jeff Rutledge
RUNNING BACK: Shaun Alexander, Bobby Humphrey, Johnny Musso, Tony Nathan
FULL BACK: Steve Bowman, Johnny Davis
DEFENSE
END: Leroy Cook, Eric Curry, E.J. Junior, Mike Pitts
TACKLE: Bob Baumhower, Jackie Cline, Marty Lyons
NOSE GUARD: Robert Stewart
LINEBACKER: Cornelius Bennett, Thomas Boyd, Barry Krause, Dwayne Rudd, Derrick Thomas, Woodrow Lowe
CONERBACK: Jeremiah Castille, Bobby Johns, Antonio Langham, Don McNeal, Mike Washington
SAFETY: Jim Bob Harris, Kevin Jackson, Tommy Wilcox
SPECIAL TEAMS
RETURN SPECIALISTS: Kerry Goode, Tyrone Prothro
PLACE KICKER: Philip Doyle
PUNTER: Greg Gantt
MULTIPLE POSITIONS
WIDE RECEIVER-QUARTERBACK-KICK RETURNER: David Palmer
RUNNING BACK-CORNERBACK-KICK RETURNER: Gene Jelks
TWO-WAY PLAYERS
CENTER-LINEBACKER: Lee Roy Jordan, Paul Crane
Thought I'd get the BAMA fans' thoughts on the list for the Tide:
OFFENSE
WIDE RECEIVER: Dennis Homan, Freddie Milons, Ozzie Newsome
TIGHT END: Bart Krout, Lamonde Russell
TACKLE: Buddy Brown, Jim Bunch, Cecil Dowdy, Chris Samuels
GUARD: John Hannah, Billy Neighbors, Larry Rose
CENTER: Sylvester Croom, Dwight Stephenson
QUARTERBACK: Brodie Croyle, Walter Lewis, Joe Namath, Jeff Rutledge
RUNNING BACK: Shaun Alexander, Bobby Humphrey, Johnny Musso, Tony Nathan
FULL BACK: Steve Bowman, Johnny Davis
DEFENSE
END: Leroy Cook, Eric Curry, E.J. Junior, Mike Pitts
TACKLE: Bob Baumhower, Jackie Cline, Marty Lyons
NOSE GUARD: Robert Stewart
LINEBACKER: Cornelius Bennett, Thomas Boyd, Barry Krause, Dwayne Rudd, Derrick Thomas, Woodrow Lowe
CONERBACK: Jeremiah Castille, Bobby Johns, Antonio Langham, Don McNeal, Mike Washington
SAFETY: Jim Bob Harris, Kevin Jackson, Tommy Wilcox
SPECIAL TEAMS
RETURN SPECIALISTS: Kerry Goode, Tyrone Prothro
PLACE KICKER: Philip Doyle
PUNTER: Greg Gantt
MULTIPLE POSITIONS
WIDE RECEIVER-QUARTERBACK-KICK RETURNER: David Palmer
RUNNING BACK-CORNERBACK-KICK RETURNER: Gene Jelks
TWO-WAY PLAYERS
CENTER-LINEBACKER: Lee Roy Jordan, Paul Crane
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Posted on 10/18/09 at 9:07 am to blueridgeTiger
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QUARTERBACK: Brodie Croyle
umm... whut? Hollingsworth was better, as was Barker, only the winningest guy ever.
alot of good names, but alot I think should be in there.. Arenas one of them in place of jelks also.
This post was edited on 10/18/09 at 9:09 am
Posted on 10/18/09 at 1:50 pm to Alahunter
Ken Stabler should be on the QB list . .
Posted on 10/18/09 at 2:09 pm to blueridgeTiger
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QUARTERBACK: Brodie Croyle
Yeah, definitely should not be in there. And I would have to say John Copeland should be in there.
Posted on 10/18/09 at 2:10 pm to blueridgeTiger
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QUARTERBACK: Brodie Croyle
this is sad really really sad.
Posted on 10/18/09 at 2:16 pm to labamafan
Kelli Cryole is my favorite Bama Fan . . Brodie did great for himself in finding a spouse.
Posted on 10/18/09 at 2:40 pm to labamafan
Micheal Proctor and Demeco Ryans should be on there.
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