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BAMA's 54 Greatest Since 1953

Posted on 10/18/09 at 8:29 am
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
22077 posts
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
Posted by Alahunter
Member since Jan 2008
90742 posts
Posted on 10/18/09 at 9:07 am to
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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 by plainstodetroit
Detroit, What?????????
Member since Oct 2009
281 posts
Posted on 10/18/09 at 1:50 pm to
Ken Stabler should be on the QB list . .
Posted by PirateJunk
Tuscaloosa
Member since Mar 2009
2680 posts
Posted on 10/18/09 at 2:09 pm to
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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 by labamafan
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2007
26699 posts
Posted on 10/18/09 at 2:10 pm to
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QUARTERBACK: Brodie Croyle


this is sad really really sad.
Posted by plainstodetroit
Detroit, What?????????
Member since Oct 2009
281 posts
Posted on 10/18/09 at 2:16 pm to
Kelli Cryole is my favorite Bama Fan . . Brodie did great for himself in finding a spouse.



Posted by BSC Alum
Tuscaloosa
Member since Aug 2009
323 posts
Posted on 10/18/09 at 2:40 pm to
Micheal Proctor and Demeco Ryans should be on there.
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