Former Alabama, Auburn standouts named to College Football Hall of Fame

By David Moorman  |   Monday, May 04, 2009  |  Comments( 0 )

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The fierce instate rivalry between Alabama and Auburn ended in a draw with the announcement that both Southeastern Conference schools had former players named to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Ex-Alabama linebacker Woodrow Lowe will be among 16 inductees at ceremonies in New York in December, as will ex-Auburn All-American Ed Dyas.

Lowe is just one of two Alabama players to have been a three-time All-American. He earned that distinction between 1973-75 while playing linebacker for the legendary Paul “Bear” Bryant.

Dyas finished fourth in the 1960 Heisman Trophy voting. The versatile Dyas was a linebacker, fullback and place-kicker before becoming an orthopedic surgeon in Mobile.

Lowe will become the 21st Alabama player to be enshrined. Dyas will become the 12th person from Auburn to join the Hall and the first since former coach Pat Dye in 2005. Dyas is the first Auburn player to earn such recognition since Tracy Rocker in 2004.

As a sophomore in 1973, Lowe recorded 134 tackles to set a school record that still stands. The Crimson Tide was named UPI national champion that year.

Lowe finished his career as Alabama’s all-time leading tackler with 315 stops and still ranks third in that category. He spent 11 seasons in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers and returned four of his 11 career interceptions for touchdowns.

Dyas kicked an NCAA-record 13 field goals in 1960, including four game-winners.

TEE IT UP: Just because the SEC has some of the best coaches in the country doesn’t mean they concentrate solely on football.

Obviously from the results of the third annual Chick-fil-A Bowl Challenge golf tournament, they also devote a fair amount of time to playing golf.

For the second year in a row, South Carolina and Coach Steve Spurrier finished first. Alabama, with coach Nick Saban, finished third. Ole Miss claimed sixth with Kentucky eighth and Vanderbilt ninth in the 10-team event.

Spurrier joined with former Gamecock Sterling Sharpe to card a 12-under 60 before outlasting Virginia Tech in a playoff to win the $120,000 first-place scholarship donation.

Saban, with former Alabama running back Johnny Musso, tied Georgia Tech with a 10-under 62 at Reynolds Plantation on Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Ga.
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Dave Moormann is an award-winning journalist, who has covered LSU athletics since 1980. He began his coverage with the Baton Rouge Advocate, where he was a writer and editor from 1980-98. In 1996, he authored a book on the history of LSU football entitled, "Fighting Tigers Handbook: Stories, Stats...
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