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Posted on 11/13/14 at 2:55 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
RIP 
Posted on 11/13/14 at 3:06 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
It's a shame the street named after him is sketchy as frick. RIP
This post was edited on 11/13/14 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 11/13/14 at 3:20 pm to JumpingTheShark
quote:march down Alvin dark tonight in his honor
It's a shame the street named after him is sketchy as frick. RIP
RIP
Posted on 11/13/14 at 4:06 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
The Swamp Fox
This post was edited on 11/13/14 at 4:17 pm
Posted on 11/13/14 at 4:22 pm to tigerfan84
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Wow. That sucks. Seemed like a good man
Super guy. Met him many years ago at a Christian Book Store that he owned in Lake Charles. My dad knew him from their high school days. Very humble, unassuming gentlemen.
R.I.P. Mr. Alvin.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 4:24 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
RIP
Posted on 11/13/14 at 4:39 pm to MT555
Posted on 11/13/14 at 4:48 pm to JEAUXBLEAUX
Damn, hadn't heard. RIP, Tiger.
Posted on 11/13/14 at 5:03 pm to RANDY44
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Super guy. Met him many years ago at a Christian Book Store that he owned in Lake Charles. My dad knew him from their high school days. Very humble, unassuming gentlemen. R.I.P. Mr. Alvin.
He put on a clinic that I attended in the mid '60s at Lake Charles.
RIP
Posted on 11/13/14 at 5:12 pm to bbap
Rip
Posted on 11/14/14 at 9:06 am to Papa Tigah
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I’ll leave you today with a bit of sad news. Alvin Dark, one of the greatest athletes to ever grace the campus of Louisiana State University passed away yesterday at the age of 92.
As many of you will recall reading in our jersey countdown, Dark was a three-sport superstar at LSU in the early 40s who received a scholarship to play basketball and baseball and then ended up trying out and making the football team too. He lettered in all three sports, and on the football field he led the 1942 team in both rushing and passing yards and was one heck of a punter. In the Tigers’ 21-7 homecoming victory over Ole Miss in 1942, Dark ran for touchdowns of 70 and 46 yards. However, according to his Louisiana Hall of Fame bio, his most vivid memories of that game were his four punts – a 75-yarder and three “coffin corner kicks” that pinned the Rebels inside their two-yard line. Before one punt, Dark asked the referee where the ball would be placed if he hit the flag, and the official replied, “Right on the one-foot line.” Dark proceeded to hit the flag and later recounted that it was one of those things that couldn’t be repeated in two lifetimes of punting. In 1943, Dark helped lead the LSU baseball team to an SEC title, but then, because of World War II, joined the Marine Corps’ V-12 program and was assigned to a unit at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute in Lafayette where he continued to excel in baseball and also quarterbacked the football team to an undefeated season and a New Year’s Day Oil Bowl victory. After serving in Asia during the war, he returned home and chose to pursue what turned out to be a long and successful professional career in baseball, as a player and as a manager. I know I speak for the Tiger Nation when I say our thoughts and prayers are with the Dark family.
From Dandy Don page. That punt story
They don't make them like that any longer. 3 way letterman and a Vet.
Great Tiger and man RIP
This post was edited on 11/14/14 at 9:12 am
Posted on 11/14/14 at 9:08 am to canyon
He helped me get drafted, great man with great insight and immense knowledge of the game.
RIP Coach
RIP Coach
Posted on 11/14/14 at 9:17 am to pabgolf
I remember reading an article about Dark and Willie Mays several years ago. Mays loved the guy; he said Alvin Dark was his favorite manager, and that he had also been like a father to Mays.
RIP
RIP
Posted on 11/14/14 at 10:06 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Actually was a helluva football player, but baseball was his first love.
Posted on 11/14/14 at 10:08 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
RIP Tiger
Alvin Dark
Alvin Dark
Posted on 11/14/14 at 10:17 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
Absolutely. Very unheralded member of the great Giants teams. Wonderful man also. Had a chance to meet him when i was 9. Great ambassador for baseball. Great LSU Tiger. RIP Mr. Dark, you will be missed.
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