re: Was anyone on here actually at the Halloween Billy Cannon punt return game?

Dad started me out early.....I was 5......now 63

Section 301 or 302 east side

My dad was a boy scout usher at the game

I listened on the radio. My dad was there.
When Cannon scored on the punt return, it sounded just like static on the radio. It was cool to imagine Tiger Stadium going wild as he returned the punt.

My mother was there, pregnant with me. At least until halftime, when she left because of the rain. Any right to lifers think that counts?

no, but I was in tiger stadium when dennis quaid did it

Was listening on the radio in Shreveport. What I remember was announcer Politz marveling at the tackling pile ups. And then when Cannon got as far as the LSU 30 the screaming of the crowd drowned out Politz for the rest of the play. Finally you heard the shouted word “touchhdown,” though the screaming kept on. I’m told that radio broadcasts figured out a way after that of dampening the crowd noise so the broadcasters could always be heard.

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HE SCORES" was the he call I heard on the radio.

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I won’t argue; it was over 50 years ago and I was a 10 year old.

My father and my uncle were there. They didn't want an 8 year old tagging along with them that night. Trick or treated in Baton Rouge for the only time in my life.

My dad wasn't even born yet.
And my Grandpa was a young boy
So maybe my Great Grandpa was there?
Who knows.