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Title: "By the Numbers: 11 SEC players on College Football Hall of Fame ballot" Post by: Chechem on March 24, 2012, 04:33:40 AM http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/03/sec_football_by_the_numbers_11.html
Quote Florida QB Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy winner, is one of the 11 former SEC stars on this year's ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame, which includes three players from Alabama. Wuerffel and Alabama C/LB Paul Crane, a former Vigor High School star, are the SEC players new to the ballot this year. Holdovers from last year's ballot among this year's nominees are Tennessee WR Willie Gault, Alabama RB Bobby Humphrey, Tennessee DB Bobby Majors, Tennessee LB Paul Naumoff, Georgia OT Matt Stinchcomb, Alabama LB Derrick Thomas, Ole Miss TE Wesley Walls and Georgia DB Scott Woerner.... Title: Re: "By the Numbers: 11 SEC players on College Football Hall of Fame ballot" Post by: Chechem on March 24, 2012, 04:34:56 AM Quote Paul Crane, Alabama, center-linebacker, 1963-65: Crane would become the first player from either the 1964 or 1965 Alabama teams to make the Hall, even though both of those squads finished first in the final Associated Press poll of those seasons. Although his weight at Alabama was around 190 pounds, Crane thrived as a two-way player who was the embodiment of coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's great teams of the 1960s -- persistently undersized, but always scrappy and smart. During Crane's career, the Crimson Tide compiled a record of 28-4-1, with an SEC mark of 21-3.... |