re: David Langner, hero of the Punt Bama Punt game, has passed away

David Langner story: while a student at AU, Supposedly he and Robin Cary, UA DB and punt returner, became friends working at the same car dealership during the summer. Cary also played CF for the UA baseball team.

In the series at AU, Before the bottom of the 7th inning, Carey loaded his back pockets with baseballs and after the third out, he fired every one of them at the AU fans in center field who had unmercifully heckled him throughout the series.


The hecklers and some of their supporters gathered outside the UA dressing room waiting for Carey. In the meantime, Langner shows up at Carey's dressing area with a six pack of beer. After they consumed the six pack, Carey and Langner walked out of the dressing area for the UA team bus and supposedly when the crowd saw Langner , it parted like the Red Sea did for Moses. Neither Langner or Carey suffered as much as a cross word.

RIP David Langner