re: Anyone remember their 1st game in Tiger Stadium?

Absolutely - I was about ten years old - in '47 or '48. My brother was a student then and got the whole family to come down for a game. He was telling me about Y. A. Tittle but when the game began the loud speakers were talking about one of the North Carolina players = "Choo Choo Justice" - and that was the name I remember coming away from the game with.

Being a young kid right out of rural Vernon Parish, the whole layout was a wonder to me beyond anything I could have imagined. The stadium alone was a wonder to me - When my brother first told me that was where they played the game - I thought he meant they would be playing on the "roof" and wondered what they'd do if the ball fell off. Saw the original Mike the Tiger - have been a huge fan ever since - One of my granddaughters also went there and was a Golden Girl.