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Update on John Gilliam
Posted on 3/17/14 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 3/17/14 at 12:22 pm
Nice "Where Are They Now" story on former Saint John Gilliam LINK
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Posted on 3/17/14 at 12:27 pm to CParso
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I was so happy, instead of me keeping the ball, I threw it in the stands.
good coin for that thing now
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After retirement from the NFL, Gilliam, who graduated from South Carolina State with a biology degree, owned a shoe store for 12 years, then owned two liquor stores for eight years and worked for an Atlanta radio station for two years.
“I’ve been living in Atlanta since the Saints traded me in 1968,” he said. “They traded me to the St. Louis Cardinals. I lived in New Orleans year-round the two years I was there; I used to live off St. Bernard Avenue, near Dillard University.
“When the Saints traded me to the Cardinals, I said, ‘This is about business, it’s not about rah-rah.’ So I decided I was going to treat it as business. I said I wanted my kids to grow up in Atlanta, and we moved and bought a house.”
-good story unlike many of the Where Are They Now?s that spring up
Posted on 3/17/14 at 12:28 pm to CParso
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Update on John Gilliam
Posted on 3/17/14 at 1:23 pm to Patrick O Rly
paddy be like
Posted on 3/17/14 at 1:25 pm to blueslover
That guy doesn't even have a rat tail.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 1:26 pm to blueslover
We called him pumpkin.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 2:47 pm to CParso
I was at that game with my cousin. Gilliam ran that ball right at us in that end zone. We were too high (up in the stands) to have a chance at the ball. 
Posted on 3/17/14 at 3:37 pm to LSUCouyon
Imagine catching and having that ball. It was the first game ball in Saints history returned for a touchdown on the first play. What a treasure. Does anyone know if the ball was ever returned to the Saints or if it made it to the NFL Hall of Fame?
Posted on 3/18/14 at 1:22 am to LSUCouyon
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I was at that game with my cousin. Gilliam ran that ball right at us in that end zone. We were too high (up in the stands) to have a chance at the ball.
I'm kinda not believing you.
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