Sorry to hear that former Vol Don Johnson

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{1969-1971} died last night. I enjoyed watching him play. He was an outstanding BB player - one of the best to have played for the Vols. Don was fortunate to have played in an era when players took great pride in playing for their school and put their team above their personal glory. He also played in an era of some of Tennessee's best BB teams and certainly in an era of UT's finest all-round sports program.
 
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SMVTT said:
{1969-1971} died last night. I enjoyed watching him play. He was an outstanding BB player - one of the best to have played for the Vols. Don was fortunate to have played in an era when players took great pride in playing for their school and put their team above their personal glory. He also played in an era of some of Tennessee's best BB teams and certainly in an era of UT's finest all-round sports program.
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We need a few more like him on "The Hill". A true class act, TEAM is bigger than me............. Go Easy Don, you will be missed. :frown:
 
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Rock33 said:
We need a few more like him on "The Hill". A true class act, TEAM is bigger than me............. Go Easy Don, you will be missed. :frown:
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I remember well watching Don in that Ray Mears era.........Stokely packed. the Vol team in pregame drills with the pep band playing "Sweet Geargia Brown" and the one player dribbling while riding a unicycle. Also saw some great opposing players.......Pistol Pete, Johnny Neuman, Florida's Neal Walk etc.
 
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rockydoc said:
I remember well watching Don in that Ray Mears era.........Stokely packed. the Vol team in pregame drills with the pep band playing "Sweet Geargia Brown" and the one player dribbling while riding a unicycle. Also saw some great opposing players.......Pistol Pete, Johnny Neuman, Florida's Neal Walk etc.
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He was a a great player..I remember what a terrific game he played against South Carolina in that tremendous upset (South Carolina was number 1 in the nation).
 
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mmmjtx said:
He was a a great player..I remember what a terrific game he played against South Carolina in that tremendous upset (South Carolina was number 1 in the nation).
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I was at that game. South Carolina was still in the ACC, Frank McGuire was their coach and they had an All American named Roche. Stokely was rocking. Later we played, but lost to Al McGuire's Marquette Warriors.
 
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rockydoc said:
I was at that game. South Carolina was still in the ACC, Frank McGuire was their coach and they had an All American named Roche. Stokely was rocking. Later we played, but lost to Al McGuire's Marquette Warriors.
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Was Bobby Cremins on that South Carolina team?
 
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rockydoc said:
I was at that game. South Carolina was still in the ACC, Frank McGuire was their coach and they had an All American named Roche. Stokely was rocking. Later we played, but lost to Al McGuire's Marquette Warriors.
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As I recall, the game was in Columbia.
 
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What I remember was that Tennessee basically played only five players that night-Jimmy England, Kerry Myres, Jim Woddal, Bobby Croft, and Don Johnson. England scored 20 pts, and Don Johnson had 18. I think Tennessee ended up around 16-9 that year.
 
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rockydoc said:
I was at that game. South Carolina was still in the ACC, Frank McGuire was their coach and they had an All American named Roche. Stokely was rocking. Later we played, but lost to Al McGuire's Marquette Warriors.
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Ray Mears' book backs up what the others just posted. The game was in Columbia.
 
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ukvols said:
Ray Mears' book backs up what the others just posted. The game was in Columbia.
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Guess 30 years clouds the memory.........however, listening to John Ward as a youngster made you feel like you were at the game.

Reminds me of a survey done a few years ago in New York.........something like 160,000 people thought they had been at the stadium when Maris hit #61 to break the Babe's longstanding game.
 
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rockydoc said:
Guess 30 years clouds the memory.........however, listening to John Ward as a youngster made you feel like you were at the game.

Reminds me of a survey done a few years ago in New York.........something like 160,000 people thought they had been at the stadium when Maris hit #61 to break the Babe's longstanding game.
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I suppose 30 years can do that.

According to the movie '61,' there were thousands of empty seats that day.
 
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