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It’s a seven day, all day job.”Īfter playing Alabama football, Dr. “But I’m a coach, and have my own team to be concerned over. “I also try keeping up with former Auburn teammates as best I can and regret not being able to visit the campus more often,” he says. When not coaching, Auburn’s former quarterback enjoys life with grandkids in a second home on a lake. If our guys stay healthy, this may be one of our best years.” “I’m very excited about our upcoming season. “I love it and cannot imagine doing anything else,” the Birmingham native says. Sullivan has been Samford University’s head football coach since 2007. “Actually, we’ve had it displayed all over the house.” “It’s on his kitchen counter,” Sullivan notes, about the trophy. He is a frequent television basketball analysis and commentator and to date, the only person from Leeds, Ala., to host Saturday Night Live.Īuburn’s storied quarterback, Pat Sullivan, won the Heisman Trophy in 1971. In 2010 he changed his mind, must to the relief of Governor Bentley.Īs of 2012, the former Auburn University athlete (1981-1984) lives in Arizona. One of the most popular basketball players ever, Charles Barkley was named in pro-basketball’s “50 Greatest Players in NBA History.” In addition, he won two Olympic Gold Medals, was named Sports Illustrated’s 2002 Personality of the Year, and in 2008 considered a run for Governor of Alabama.
“Before 9/11, I traveled to Israel to buy diamonds,” he says. Today, with a 15,000-plus customer base, Neville is one of the country’s leading experts on precious stones, jewelry and appraisals. In 1983, he returned to his hometown of Montgomery, opening Tom Neville, The Source Inc., Jewelry Store. It was love at first bling.Īfter retiring from football, he moved to California, earning a gemology degree. He bought the fine old jeweled timepiece. Concussions teach you that,” he smiles.ĭuring Boston football days, the Montgomery native discovered an old wrist watch in an antique store. “My football career ended with a concussion,” Neville says from his Montgomery jewelry/appraisal business.
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The stand out Mississippi State University player’s pro ball days were tackled in 1979.
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His work history includes offensive tackle for the Boston Patriots, Denver Broncos, and New York Giants, and being a professional gemologist in Montgomery. Tom Neville may have the most diverse football resume in Alabama.
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“Starting up in the chicken wing business was a trial and error effort,” Baumhower laughs. Today Baumhower lives in Fairhope, running 14 restaurants throughout Alabama, serving poultry to seafood. “A friend invited me to a place that served chicken wings, and I thought, ‘Who eats wings for lunch? Are you crazy?’ There were no chicken wings in Alabama until Bob opened Tuscaloosa’s Wings and Things.
In 1980 the professional football player became a restaurateur. “Coach Bryant, and my parents, taught me to believe in myself, have a plan, and make it a reality.” Baumhower says. And what a life change it was, from Crimson Tide to chicken with pride. “Coach Bryant helped change my life,” the former nose tackle recalls.
Raised in Tuscaloosa, Bob Baumhower played for the University of Alabama football team from 1974 to 1976. Here are some of them: all from Alabama, achieving athletic greatness, and still going strong. Where were you when Hank Aaron knocked it out of the park? Remember Auburn’s almost unstoppable Sullivan to Beasley football passes, an Alabama football player nicknamed “The Italian Stallion,” or Charles Barkley’s basketball wizardry? These and other athletes made the state proud “back in the day.”
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