About Inductee

One of the Souths top newspaper columnists...has worked for The Huntsville Times since 1959, and was sports editor from 1963-74...Alabama Sports Writer of the Year In 1971.... has won several Associated Press and Alabama Sports Writers Association awards...has covered every major bowl except the Rose. Covered Hank Aarons record breaking 715th home run and Muhammad Alls comeback fight against Jerry Quarry...His book, Voices on a Cold Day, Includes some of the best Stories from his popular five times a week newspaper column...born Nov. 27.1940, in Pineville, La., and moved to Huntsville In 1949...attended Farley, Rison, Huntsville Junior and Huntsville High, and the University of Alabama in Huntsville.