re: Who here remembers Sid Crocker ?

I also remember a guy that did the weather on Channel 2. I don't remember his name, but he owned a fence company in BR. Before Channel 9 became Channel 9, it was Channel 28. I remember Bucksin Bill and the Monday morning StoryLand March. As a teen, I remember Count Macabre(sp). He showed horror films during the weekdays after school was let out. Frost Top even had a burger named after him. I also remember that the Walgreens in Delmont Village had a soda fountain. BTW, I think that the weather guy on Channel 2 first name was Tex.

Sid Crocker in addition to the Voice oh Tiger stadium, Senior pupet, WAFB weatherman was also the announcer of Mid-South wrestling interviewing the likes of Grizzly Smith, Cowboy Bill Watts, Bruiser Bob Sweetan and Scandar Akbar

In the early 70's, I lived off of North Blvd and my now wife and I were frequent patrons at the Pastime. Sid and John Mahaffey were regulars between 7 and 9 each night. Of course they had to leave around 9 to get back for the 10 o'clock news. Just like on Cheers, they had dibs on their preferred seats at the bar.

I'll never forget South Carolina in TS in 1982. I was 13. South end zone (U22).

As they took the field, Sid let go, "Here come the Cocks!"

He would introduce the LSU Pep Band at there basketball games as the finest band from near Hollywood..........and Scenic Highway.

Sid once walked through Buckskin Bill's set while buckskin was on the air and Sid was rolling a tire fully nude. Bucksin could hard control himself.

Yes.

Absolutely remember him, good memories

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Lumpkin.....PAT.........GOOD !!!!!!

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Whoa...I am having a serious flashback...

Didn't Mark Lumpkin bring out a 6x6 in. square of plywood to kick FG and XP?

Sid Crocker was the public address announcer for three sports at LSU -- football, basketball and track, although track offered few opportunities for creative expression.

He was aboard the USS Nevada when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The battleship was damaged, but returned to combat in the Pacific theater. The USS Nevada also participated in the D-Day invasion, shelling German installations along the Normandy coast. Crocker was on board the Nevada in two historical events of World War II. However, he was never wounded.

On the night of Billy Cannon's run, some press box food service workers were on the press box roof. During the run they began to jump up and down. This shook loose a light fixture in the PA booth. The light fixture fell on Crocker's head, and cut his head open. He finally got a Purple Heart in the LSU press box.

A brick in his honor can be found on a walkway outside the World War II Museum in New Orleans.

I was working out at Foxy's. I was in the locker room and saw an old naked fat guy sitting on one of the benches his big ol' belly looking like a sumo wrestler. I looked at his face and there he was - Sid Crocker - sitting there looking like he'd just been through a tough workout. I didn't say anything and kept on going.