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RIP Alex Hawkins

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:00 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
University of South Carolina Football legend
http://www.thestate.com/sports/college/ ... 33391.html
There have been better football players at the University of South Carolina ... maybe.

There have been more colorful football players to wear the garnet and black ... maybe.

Combine the two -- skill and shenanigans -- and forget the “maybes.” Alex Hawkins stands alone in Carolina lore.

One scribe once borrowed a thought attributed to war correspondent Ernie Pyle and labeled him “as colorful as a tree full of owls.”

Re: RIP Alex Hawkins

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 2:42 pm
by silverscreenselect
Hawkins played for the Atlanta Falcons their first two seasons, and after he retired was their color commentator a few years. So, his was the first voice I associated with the Falcons when I came to Georgia Tech. He was quite a character.