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re: Shug Jordon in 25 years never won a major bowl game? But the stadium is named after him.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 7:50 am to OlGrandad
Posted on 4/12/21 at 7:50 am to OlGrandad
Enough of a reason for me, he was a war hero and won a NC. Why would you care, Dye never won a NC>
Before he was named head coach of the Auburn University football team, before he led the Tigers to a record 176 wins, before he was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame, then-Capt. Ralph “Shug” Jordan was one of 156,000 troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
“I think about him every year about this time. A lot of people’s fathers left and didn’t come home,” Jordan’s son, Ralph Jordan Jr., said. “…We’re losing that generation. They’re almost gone.”
A member of the U.S. Army’s First Engineer Special Brigade, Jordan was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his action during the invasion.
“Coach Jordan was a war hero,” said longtime friend Wheeler Foshee, who met Jordan at Auburn in 1953. “He was also an excellent football coach.”
Before he was named head coach of the Auburn University football team, before he led the Tigers to a record 176 wins, before he was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame, then-Capt. Ralph “Shug” Jordan was one of 156,000 troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
“I think about him every year about this time. A lot of people’s fathers left and didn’t come home,” Jordan’s son, Ralph Jordan Jr., said. “…We’re losing that generation. They’re almost gone.”
A member of the U.S. Army’s First Engineer Special Brigade, Jordan was awarded a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his action during the invasion.
“Coach Jordan was a war hero,” said longtime friend Wheeler Foshee, who met Jordan at Auburn in 1953. “He was also an excellent football coach.”
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Posted on 4/12/21 at 7:50 am to Auburn80
The city football stadium in Selma is also named after Shug Jordan. How many people can say they have two stadiums named in their honor?
Posted on 4/12/21 at 7:52 am to JohnnyRebel
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Yea but to fair Jordan-Hare sounds a lot better than Dye-Hare. One sounds like a Michael Jordan shoe, and the other sounds like Dennis Rodman.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 9:49 am to BrotherDawg84
Why not Dye Hare? uga named their arena Butt Smear.
Posted on 4/12/21 at 9:55 am to Trojan1998
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The city football stadium in Selma is also named after Shug Jordan. How many people can say they have two stadiums named in their honor?
There's also a building on the Alabama campus that is partially named after him.
Bryant-Jordan Hall
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