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The Louisiana State University Athletic Hall of Fame recognizes members of the LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers athletics program that have made a lasting impact on Louisiana State University (LSU). To be eligible for the Hall of Fame in the Athlete category, an individual must have earned a college degree and gained national distinction through ...
Thomas Pinckney "Skipper" Heard (August 25, 1898 – July 11, 1980) or T.P. "Skipper" Heard was the athletics director at Louisiana State University from 1931 until 1954. [ 1 ] Heard was an early pioneer in the establishment of legal and honest athletic grants-in-aid and oversaw LSU's entry into the Southeastern Conference as a charter member ...
Jerry Stovall, NFL DB, St. Louis Cardinals (1963–71) and LSU football coach (1980–83) [196] Jim Taylor, former NFL Pro Bowl FB, Pro Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1976) [197] Gaynell Tinsley, end, Chicago Cardinals, former LSU Head Coach; Y. A. Tittle, former NFL Pro Bowl QB, Pro Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1971) [198]
Bo Rein was hired in 1979 as head coach, but died in a plane crash on January 10, 1980, without ever coaching a game at LSU. [5] [6] Of the 32 different head coaches who have led the Tigers, Dana X. Bible, [7] Mike Donahue, [8] Biff Jones, [9] Moore, [10] and Charlie McClendon [11] have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
SEC logo in LSU's colors. The Louisiana State University official team nickname is the "Fighting Tigers", "Tigers" or "Lady Tigers". [3]At one time, the "Lady Tigers" nickname was used only in sports that have teams for both men and women—specifically basketball, cross country, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field (indoor and outdoor); however, since 2017, only women's ...
Both Fenton and Seip were inaugural inductees into the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame. 1910 was a disastrous year for the Tigers. After a strong 1909 campaign under coaches Joe Pritchard and John W. Mayhew, which saw their only conference loss come to SIAA champion Sewanee, the team lost some star power; Stovall, Lally, and Seip had all graduated. [14]
College Football Hall of Fame Jerry Lane Stovall (born April 30, 1941), nicknamed " Mr. Everything ", is an American former football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He played college football for the LSU Tigers , where he was a unanimous selection to the 1962 College Football All-America Team as a halfback .
The Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training is the athletic training and rehabilitation center for LSU athletics at Louisiana State University. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The two-story, 22,000 square foot facility, built in 1998, serves as the main athletic training facility for all treatments and rehabilitations.