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The Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) is a state museum located in Birmingham, Alabama, dedicated to communicating the state’s athletic history.The museum displays over 5,000 objects related to athletes who were born in Alabama or earned fame through athletics that reflects positively upon the state, usually through excellence at an educational institution or sporting event in Alabama.
The College Football Hall of Fame was established in 1951 to honor the careers of selected student-athletes who have competed in college football as either a player or coach. [1] Since its inaugural class that year, Alabama has had 25 persons elected to the Hall of Fame as either a player or coach of the Crimson Tide. [2]
Gilmer was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1973 [1] and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1999, Sports Illustrated named him the 37th greatest Alabama sports figure. [12] Gilmer died on August 20, 2016, at the age of 90. [13] Until his death, he lived in St. Louis [1] along with his children, grandchildren, and ...
Jackson was elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. Jackson, who was born on Nov. 19, 1951 in Ozark, Ala., was inducted into the state sports hall of fame for his accomplishments at ...
Alabama's Keith Askins enters Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. His coach WImp Sanderson said, 'If we needed to shut somebody down, we felt like he was the guy to do it'
William Andrews is the last of Auburn football's 'ABC' backfield to join the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame: "I’m going in with two of my greatest friends."
He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1970. [36] [41] Alabama had grown into a major football power and enjoyed consistent success over the past three decades. However, Whitworth would lead the Crimson Tide to its worst three-year stretch in school history.
Hall of Fame Alabama football play-by-play broadcaster Eli Gold will be the radio voice of the new Nashville Kats when the Arena Football League season kicks off in April.. The Kats also secured a ...