Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide (eBook)

Memorable Stories of Crimson Tide Football

Tommy Hicks (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
288 Seiten
Sports Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-68358-041-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Recapture all the glory of Crimson Tide football—newly updated!

---

Alabamas football legends recall their greatest moments in this newly updated edition of Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide. From Harry Gilmer and his excellent play in the 1946 Rose Bowl to Antonio Langham's heroics in the 1992 game against Florida that led the Crimson Tide to the Sugar Bowl, Alabama has had more than its share of great games, great players, and great moments, including its win over Clemson in the 2015 national championship.In Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide, Tommy Hicks takes readers behind the scenes and onto the field with some of the greatest Crimson Tide players ever. Fans will discover the simple advice and prediction head coach Paul "e;Bear"e; Bryant gave his team before the 1967 Auburn game won by quarterback Ken Stablers famous "e;run in the mud."e; Ken Stabler, Mike Shula, Brodie Croyle, Lee Roy Jordan, Cornelius Bennett, Billy Neighbors, Woodrow Lowe, Joey Jones, Bobby Humphrey, Greg McElroy, and many others all share their memories of the most defining, poignant, and heart-stopping games they ever played in.Game of My Life Alabama Crimson Tide highlights some of the games and moments that have added to the tradition of Alabama football.

Autor

Tommy Hicks is in his 41st year as a newspaper reporter and editor. He is currently editor of the Call News and Washington County News. He previously spent 23 years as a sports reporter and columnist at the Mobile Press-Register and also worked at the Phenix Citizen, the Selma Times-Journal, the Montgomery Advertiser, and the Anniston Star. He is also in his third year as sideline reporter for South Alabama football radio broadcasts. A past president of the Football Writers Association of America, Hicks is a three-time Alabama Sports Writer of the Year winner. He has also twice won the Herby Kirby Award, presented by the Alabama Sports Writers Association for the best sports story of the year. He is a two-time president of the ASWA and has served on its executive board since 1997. The author of two other books, Glory Days: Memorable Games in Alabama Football History and Kickoff: The Story of the University of South Alabama’s Inaugural Football Season, Hicks lives in Mobile with his wife, Julie, and their dog, Sparky. He has a daughter, Maren Hicks.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.8.2017
• Vorwort: Chris Stewart
• Zusatzinfo: 30 B&W photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Fahrrad
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Schlagworte: 1966 • Alabama • alabama football • ara parseghian • Athletics • bama • books on alabama footballs books on nebraska • books on athletics • books on bama • books on coaches • books on college footballs • books on consensus • books on football histories • books on football teams • books on george wallace • books on keith • books on mcminn • books on media bias • books on michigan • books on moore • books on national champions • books on national championships • books on ncaas • books on notre dames • books on plates • books on polls • books on sports histories • books on sugar bowls • books on votings • Coach • College Football • Consensus • denied • Devotional • dunnavant • elusive prize • Football History • football teams • George Wallace • gutless • Keith • McMinn • media bias • Michigan • missing ring • Moore • national champion • national championships • NCAA • Nebraska • Notre Dame • Plate • Polls • pollsters • ranked • roll tide • segregated • Sports History • sugar bowl • time defending • undefeated • unprecedented third • untied • Voting
• ISBN-10: 1-68358-041-9 / 1683580419
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68358-041-6 / 9781683580416