November 7, 1959. One of the great days in Vol history.

[Savannahbayvol]

I was 12 years old and sitting on about the 40th row in Section A. Cannon absolutely did not make it..

Great day for my adopted hometown of Athens, Jim Cartwright and Wayne Grubb.

November 1959: A memorable Homecoming Day triumph | The Knoxville Focus

 

[feathersax]

I listened on the radio as a little fellow. George Mooney got really excited, too.

 

[Dansky]

I was 12 years old and sitting on about the 40th row in Section A. Cannon absolutely did not make it..

Great day for my adopted hometown of Athens, Jim Cartwright and Wayne Grubb.

November 1959: A memorable Homecoming Day triumph | The Knoxville Focus

I’m the same age as you. The Vols were an average or below program for several years before Doug Dickey got here. His rebuilding job is similar to what CJH had to do when he arrived. I always hated Dickey for leaving to go to Fla, but he coached us to great heights before he left.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

I was 12 years old and sitting on about the 40th row in Section A. Cannon absolutely did not make it..

Great day for my adopted hometown of Athens, Jim Cartwright and Wayne Grubb.

November 1959: A memorable Homecoming Day triumph | The Knoxville Focus

I was there and almost froze my tail off. Stopping Cannon on the two point try took all the heart out of LSU. Our defense seemed to get stronger as the 4th quarter played out. One of the great wins by a Tennessee football team.

 

[FlintstoneGAVol]

I was 15 y/o and it was my first football game at Neyland Stadium, actually my first college football game ever. Been a Vols fan ever since.

 

[ru4real-really?]

I was in attendance also! Student section about the fifty yard line! It wasn’t cold to me that afternoon!

 

[Savannahbayvol]

I was in attendance also! Student section about the fifty yard line! It wasn’t cold to me that afternoon!

One of those games if the 2 teams played 100 times LSU would have won 99. Just so happened this was the one they didn't.

 

[esarmstrong]

Just one week after Cannon's famous punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween night in Baton Rouge.

 

[VOLINVONORE]

I was 15 y/o and it was my first football game at Neyland Stadium, actually my first college football game ever. Been a Vols fan ever since.

I was a Junior that year. I played basketball with a lot of football players who played basketball in the off season.

 

[Mccage]

The first game I listened to on my new transistor radio. You were lucky to be there.
Jim Cartwright was one of my close friends who’s passed Brother in law. Those were some good days!

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

I’m the same age as you. The Vols were an average or below program for several years before Doug Dickey got here. His rebuilding job is similar to what CJH had to do when he arrived. I always hated Dickey for leaving to go to Fla, but he coached us to great heights before he left.

Yep, them teams in the late 60’s could have easily won it all. They were highly competitive during that era. GBO

 

[StarRaider]

Boomer ID thread

 

[ru4real-really?]

Just one week after Cannon's famous punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween night in Baton Rouge.

Talk about memory lane! I watched the end of that game on a 21” black and white tv on the wall at newly opened Brown Derby down on Kingston Pike! A couple of vol legends had just opened the Derby. Remember Ray Elkas and Gordon Polofsky? It was years later that I learned Gordon was an All American linebacker for Neylands championship 1951 Vols!

 

[Savannahbayvol]

Just one week after Cannon's famous punt return against Ole Miss on Halloween night in Baton Rouge.

Which was exsctly 66 years ago today!

 

[mercuryvol]

Boys! I thought I was an ancient one on here and I knew some of the names were with me here, but you guys have me beaten. I was 8 when Cannon failed to score.

 

[StarRaider]

Boys! I thought I was an ancient one on here and I knew some of the names were with me here, but you guys have me beaten. I was 8 when Cannon failed to score.

I was 3 .... months. The greatest moment of my life up to that point in history.

 

[montanatenn]

I was 3 .... months. The greatest moment of my life up to that point in history.

I was 1 month old. There's a picture of me smokin a cigar in the back of the end zone. Pissed my diaper and it was so cold they had to break it off of me.

 

[sambronkowitz]

I heard about it, but this happened 18 years before I was even born. Hell, my Dad was only 7 at the time and my Mom would have been 4 years old.

 

[Volholic]

I was -18