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Anyone here at the 1959 Halloween game?
Posted on 7/5/15 at 7:33 am
Posted on 7/5/15 at 7:33 am
Just curious if anyone on TD was at the 1959 Halloween game and actually watched the Billy Cannon punt return TD. Sadly I was not but my Dad was a student at LSU and was at the game.
If you were there, please share your memories.
Thanks!
If you were there, please share your memories.
Thanks!
Posted on 7/5/15 at 7:35 am to SpookeyTiger
3/4 of the Rant will claim to have been at that game.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 7:44 am to SpookeyTiger
I was a freshman that year, but long story (which I won't go into) I missed the game. Listened to it on radio at a Halloween party. One of the biggest mistakes of my life missing that game.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:00 am to SpookeyTiger
My dad was at the game he was 13 at the time his boy scout troop was taken to it...
and also will always be grateful he took me to the 1979 USC game when I was 9...
and also will always be grateful he took me to the 1979 USC game when I was 9...
This post was edited on 7/5/15 at 8:03 am
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:39 am to SpookeyTiger
I was there. Good game.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:40 am to MSTiger33
I was & the crowd went wild!!!
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:47 am to 1badboy
My father was. He picked a very bad time to go to the restroom.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:48 am to SpookeyTiger
Listened as J.C. Politz made the call .
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:53 am to SpookeyTiger
Yea I was 63 at the time. I'll never forget it.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 8:59 am to hg
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Yea I was 63 at the time. I'll never forget it.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:00 am to MSTiger33
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3/4 of the Rant will claim to have been at that game.
Well I can't argue with them.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:42 am to blueridgeTiger
You've gotta be 75 right? Posting on the rant.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:42 am to SpookeyTiger
My grandparents were there and my grandmother's favorite story about the game was about the Ole Miss fan who kept asking her, "where's your Billy Cannon?" all night. During the return, Grandma tapped her on the shoulder and said, "there he goes right there!"
Posted on 7/5/15 at 9:49 am to Jack Burton
My Dad, he was a letter man, brought me to the game I was 5 at the time.....Knew it was exciting but not really the significance at the time.....might have been my first game.....25yd line on east side
Posted on 7/5/15 at 10:06 am to SpookeyTiger
I believe at last count the official attendance was somewhere around 400,000, HA! No, I WASN'T there but remember listening with my Daddy as I did EVERY Saturday night for years. We were on Dorcheat Bayou in LA - lower Arkansas - fishing. I was only 10 but old enough to realize the Tigers won a thriller. Most people forget the ensuing goal line stand, once again led by Cannon, that helped immortalize the punt return. Also, the story about the "official" accompanying Cannon "all the way" is a big part of the legend of that Halloween night. He was an impostor coming off the sideline and appeared to go stride for stride with Cannon.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 10:07 am to elprez00
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You've gotta be 75 right? Posting on the rant.
Will turn 74 this year - still a big Tiger fan.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 10:14 am to SpookeyTiger
If memory serves me correctly, it was a dark and stormy night...
Posted on 7/5/15 at 10:14 am to Jack Burton
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Ole Miss fan who kept asking her, "where's your Billy Cannon?" all night
Glad to know Ole Miss fans were d-bags even in the 50's
Posted on 7/5/15 at 10:16 am to BooDreaux
I was there...frosh Iin high school. Sat 10 rows up on the east side 20 yard line. Billy ran past me at the end of his run. What a moment.
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