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The
51st winner of the Heisman Trophy,
Auburn's great running back Bo
Jackson, is such a remarkable
all-round athlete that, if there
were Heisman awards in baseball and
track, he would almost certainly
have won them, too...Book
Bo Jackson for Your Event
As
the nation's premier ball-carrier,
Jackson was the spearhead of
Auburn's return to football
prominence. Under the inspired
direction of Coach Pat Dye, the
school has produced the best teams
since the national championship days
of 1957, when the revered Ralph "Shug"
Jordan coached the Tigers to first
place in the Associated Press poll.
Jackson was the second Auburn
football star to win the Heisman
Trophy. In 1971, quarterback Pat
Sullivan took the prize. In his
freshman year Bo averaged 6.4 yards
per rush, sprinted a 6.18 second
sixty-yard dash for the track team,
and hit .279 as the starting
centerfielder in baseball. In 1985,
Jackson led the nation in all four
main categories of ball-carrying as
late as the eighth week of the
season. At that point, he was tops
in total rushing yardage, average
per carry, touchdowns scored, and
yards-per-game. Bo retired from
baseball in 1995 and is pursuing an
acting career.
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