"Unconquered" The Richmond Flowers story

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Can anyone remember the made for tv movie Unconquered which was about our own legendary speedster Richmond Flowers? I remembered watching the movie as a kid and couldn't find it and finally saw someone had pieced it together on youtube in broken segments. I want to know if anyone knows where can find like a dvd copy. I appreciate the help. Essentially it chronicles the racist times of Alabama and how Richmonds dad as the Attorney General fought the Governor George Wallace. Richmond comes to the University of Tennessee! Thanks in advance?Screenshot_20220409-220039_Samsung Internet.jpg
 
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DeepSpringsVol said:
Can anyone remember the made for tv movie Unconquered which was about our own legendary speedster Richmond Flowers? I remembered watching the movie as a kid and couldn't find it and finally saw someone had pieced it together on youtube in broken segments. I want to know if anyone knows where can find like a dvd copy. I appreciate the help. Essentially it chronicles the racist times of Alabama and how Richmonds dad as the Attorney General fought the Governor George Wallace. Richmond comes to the University of Tennessee! Thanks in advance?View attachment 446389
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great piece of film making
i had never been to a Vol track meet until he arrived
bought a no. 22 jersey my junior year of hs

have a neighbor down here who says he finished second to richmon in regional track meet their senior years in hs
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wmcovol said:
Richmond Flowers is one of the greatest athletes to ever play any sport at Tennessee. A NFL player for several yrs and an Olympic quality hurdler (he pulled a muscle right before trials I believe)
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Pulled hamstring, groin muscle..? He had beaten Willie Davenport (Olympic champ) , but got squeezed out at trials. Amazing story of a driven family,
 
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I took Music 317 with his son at UTC back in 2000 or 2001. :) Even his son was a great receiver, but nothing like his Dad
 
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Saw it when it was shown on TV for the first time. Really good cast. Peter Coyote as Sr. Frank Whaley. Although I thought Dermot Mulroney was too small to be convincing as a high hurdler. I just looked it up. Didn’t realize Pat Conroy wrote the screenplay and Kyle Chandler was in it as a kid.
 
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ZZ13 said:
Saw it when it was shown on TV for the first time. Really good cast. Peter Coyote as Sr. Frank Whaley. Although I thought Dermot Mulroney was too small to be convincing as a high hurdler. I just looked it up. Didn’t realize Pat Conroy wrote the screenplay and Kyle Chandler was in it as a kid.
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Kyle Chandler was in it as a kid...

Thank you sir for reminding me on this beautiful day, that I'm old...... 😬
 
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Got to know Richmond some after his first year with Cowboys when he came back to UT to work on his degree. Really nice guy, bigger than most people realize and blindingly fast. A pro track entity was being put together and they had contacted him to join. He and I went to Tom Black track and set up the high hurdles at 120 yds. He warmed up , stretched, handed me a stop watch and asked me to time him as best i could. He ran a 13.5 and a 13.6. If i recall, that was as good as UTs star hurdler that year. He told me that he was confident that without the hamstring in 68 Olympic trials, he would have won gold medal.

Got to meet his Dad when they were loading up his apt. to leave at the end of the quarter to head back to the Cowboys. I knew who he was and his fight as AG in Alabama. At the time, I didn't realize the personal sacrifices he made to oppose racism in the armpit of America.
 
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onthehill71 said:
Got to know Richmond some after his first year with Cowboys when he came back to UT to work on his degree. Really nice guy, bigger than most people realize and blindingly fast. A pro track entity was being put together and they had contacted him to join. He and I went to Tom Black track and set up the high hurdles at 120 yds. He warmed up , stretched, handed me a stop watch and asked me to time him as best i could. He ran a 13.5 and a 13.6. If i recall, that was as good as UTs star hurdler that year. He told me that he was confident that without the hamstring in 68 Olympic trials, he would have won gold medal.

Got to meet his Dad when they were loading up his apt. to leave at the end of the quarter to head back to the Cowboys. I knew who he was and his fight as AG in Alabama. At the time, I didn't realize the personal sacrifices he made to oppose racism in the armpit of America.
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Was in class with Richmond at UT. He was going to redshirt in the 68 season and participate in the 68 Olympics which were held in October in Mexico City. After being injured in the Olympic trials he came back and played his senior season in 68.

To Bears credit he did write a recommendation letter to the UA Law school that helped Richmond get admitted.
 
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ZZ13 said:
Saw it when it was shown on TV for the first time. Really good cast. Peter Coyote as Sr. Frank Whaley. Although I thought Dermot Mulroney was too small to be convincing as a high hurdler. I just looked it up. Didn’t realize Pat Conroy wrote the screenplay and Kyle Chandler was in it as a kid.
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Pat Conroy played college basketball at The Citadel and his brother Ed was a former men's assistant coach at Tennessee.
 
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Loved this guy one of the big names I often heard when I first or my dad first introduced me to UT Football whilst playing the likes of Auburn’s qb Pat Sullivan and wr Terry Beasley :)mad:).
 
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As a kid growing up in Montgomery I got to watch Flowers play at Sidney Lanier in Cramton Bowl. Was not fair watching him run against high school kids. His senior year all the Bama fans were convinced he was going to Bama.
 
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Was a youngster but old enough to know he was a great player. Parents got me a jersey with his number on it. Even after he left UT, that was one number I always wanted to have. The others belonged to Hacksaw, the dodger, and Morgan.
 
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Volfan1000 said:
Pat Conroy played college basketball at The Citadel and his brother Ed was a former men's assistant coach at Tennessee.
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Pat also wrote “Lords of Discipline” (which got him blackballed from the Cid for a LONG while), “Prince of Tides,” and “The Great Santini.” It says a lot he was able to endure those experiences and still do right by his kids. Among his kids are Ed Conroy, the current basketball coach at the Citadel.

One of the principal southern writers of the late 20th century.
 
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