🏈 Great article on Gaylon McCollough ( former Bama player and plastic surgeon)

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

Gaylon McCollough on playing for ‘Bear’ Bryant, his career as a plastic surgeon and his new memoir

A: “As an athlete, I worked really hard to win the starting quarterback position when I was in high school. Through no fault of my own, there was a coaching change. And the new coach in my hometown of Enterprise, Alabama, installed an offense that didn’t have a quarterback in it, the Notre Dame Box. … I went from being a starting quarterback to being converted to a linemen in a matter of one meeting.

LOL...Coach Morris Higgenboatham was hired as the HC at Enterprise and Gaylon got the shaft. I played for Coach Hig at Livingston in 68. Jimmy Carroll another center from Enterprise and Bama center on the 66 team was an assistant for Coach Hig as well.

 

[bama alum]

I've never heard that story about the GaTech game in '62. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JoseyWalesTheOutlaw]

I've never heard that story about the GaTech game in '62. Thanks for sharing.

Coach Bryant shet the bed that Saturday along with Joe Willie. Joe had 5 picks that day. I remember that game like it was yesterday. I was 12 and I couldn't listen to the end so I went out into the yard and then returned to find that we lost. 7-6

 

[alabama mike]

That was a very encouraging read, thanks for sharing.

 

[JoshB]

I literally work for a paper in Enterprise and had no clue he had a book coming out... Working on getting an interview.