Paul Hemphill

A Tiger Walk Through History: The Complete Story of Auburn Football from 1892 to the Tuberville Era

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In this lively and fascinating book, noted writer and Auburn alum Paul Hemphill tells the story of the progress of Auburn from that first game coached by Auburn legend George Petrie through the team's growth and development into the national force it is today. Hemphill records the many highs and occasional lows, and the heartbreak and jubilation each caused, noting the standouts great and small on the way.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Dooley, Vince (Solist) / Johnson, Rheta Grimsley (Solist)

ISBN: 978-0-8173-1545-0
EAN: 9780817315450
Produktnummer: 3833043
Verlag: Univ Of Alabama Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 246 S.
Masse: H28.0 cm x B24.0 cm x D3.0 cm 1'669 g
Gewicht: 1669

Über den Autor

Paul Hemphill was sports editor of the Auburn Plainsman during the National Championship season of 1957 and is the author of sixteen books, most recently Lovesick Blues, the best-selling biography of Hank Williams; Leaving Birmingham, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; and four novels, one of them (Long Gone) filmed to much acclaim by HBO. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Susan Percy, a graduate of Georgia who keeps him on his toes. Vince Dooley was a player and a coach at Auburn and Georgia. As a quarterback and defensive back at Auburn, he led the Tigers to a Gator Bowl appearance in 1953. As an assistant coach for Ralph Shug Jordan, he helped celebrate Auburn's 1957 National Championship. He became head football coach at Georgia in 1964 and ended his four decades with the Bulldogs as Athletic Director. Now retired, Dooley is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.