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re: RIP Billy Cannon
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:28 am to Lonnie4LSU
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:28 am to Lonnie4LSU
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The man played offense, defense, and special teams and was great on all of them!
In particular, that era of LSU football had Dietzel who pioneered platoon football in a time of limited substitution (and before hyperspecialization) the famous, "White", "Go" and "Chinese Bandits" era - in fact, in the same famous game, 10/31/1959, Ole Miss had the ball 4th and goal with 18 seconds to go - Elmore was in (Gibbs was either dinged up or just gassed at that point, because he was to them as Cannon was to us) and was tackled short to end the game. The players combining on the tackle were #12 and #20, the starting QB and RB for LSU - the stars of the White Team (Rabb and Cannon).
It was always said that, as much as he and Mac loved the Bandits, Dietzel wanted the White Team on the field, on defense, if the game was on the line.
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Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:28 am to DBG
RIP.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:31 am to DBG
RIP. Legend.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:31 am to DBG
RIP BC20.
Everybody’s All American.
Everybody’s All American.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:32 am to DBG
Damn.was a great one
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:33 am to Alan Garner
Legendary Tiger, legendary man. I am happy to have had the fortune of him doing my braces back in high school. I'll never forget some of those conversations and the random visitors he would always get while he had his huge fingers up in my grill. RIP.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:33 am to tigbit
RIP
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:34 am to DBG
RIP Billy.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:34 am to calcotron
Rest In Peace
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:35 am to DBG
Damn, that’s sad. RIP
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:36 am to DBG
Wow. RIP.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:38 am to DBG
RIP Dr. Billy Cannon.
Thanks for the memories.
Prayers to the Cannon family.
Geaux Tigers.
Thanks for the memories.
Prayers to the Cannon family.
Geaux Tigers.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:38 am to DBG
RIP sir.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:43 am to DBG
RIP BC
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:44 am to Spankum
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Sure glad we got to see him one last time at this year's spring game...
He was walking around the front gates at TS talking with fans and laughing it up. This most definitely comes as a shock. RIP.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:48 am to BowDownToLSU
Sorry for your loss.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:48 am to DBG
Tiger condolences to the Cannon Family, may he rest in peace !
This post was edited on 5/20/18 at 10:49 am
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:49 am to burke985
My condolences to his family.
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:51 am to DBG
Rip. Prayers to family. He and my dad were at lsu together. My dad didn’t play ball; they were friends tho
This post was edited on 5/20/18 at 10:52 am
Posted on 5/20/18 at 10:51 am to DBG
RIP Billy! Prayers sent and God Bless him and his family. Will be missed by the LSU family.
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