re: Post the name an obscure/forgotten Tiger

Leo Bird - Athlete and U.S. Navy World War II flying ace. Outstanding football, basketball and baseball player, graduate of 1938 class of Byrd High School in Shreveport and 1942 at LSU, where he set records in football and basketball and was chosen the school's best punter in 100 years. He was considered one of the best punters and passers in the Southeast Conference.

Joining the Navy in World War II, he flew Hellcat fighters with VF-51 off the USS San Jacinto and according to contemporary and end-of-war reports downed 5-1/2 Japanese planes. He also took part in the sinking of a Japanese destroyer with other Hellcat fliers, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross for that feat. He also earned the Air Medal.

He was one of the pilots who flew with future President George HW Bush and flew cover over Bush after Bush was shot down in the Pacific and had to be rescued by a submarine.