The Official #14 Tennessee @ #19 Alabama Game Thread, 9:00 PM ET, ESPN2

#51
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VolInNorthCack said:
It must be my aging mind. In my mind, I remember the interior of Stokely being a dark color. Not white.
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The white paint was stained from cigarette smoke and looked gray. Cameras probably make the inside appear less smoke stained. Permanent seats were lightly stained wood. Folding seats were blue metal and wood.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
That might have been the last year with the canvas Chucks. It’s possible that the Lady Blue trim on the uniforms was added with leather Converse the next season.
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Are you referring to the light blue on the uniform in the pic, or a different shade of blue? I'm probably in the minority on this, but I liked the light blue as a trim.
 
#54
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It’s hard to tell, but I think that that upper balcony is on the north side (behind Ernie). By that time a court side table for the media was added opposite of where the teams sat. I think that the teams are on the left side and out of the camera shot. The guys at center court on the right side of this picture look more like TV announcers rather than the scoreboard operator-official timer and Haywood Harris on the PA. I can not remember exactly what was court-side opposite the team benches before they added more tables for the media. Maybe a smaller table without TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS on it. I really don’t remember seats for ticket holders being close to court-side. There was an open area/aisle that circled the court between the pullout bleachers and the court-side tables. There is a YouTube of the Kentucky game from the previous year (1975, this picture was taken on 1/31/1976) that will probably clears it up for me.

Edit: at 12:45 a lot of the east end court-side table can be seen.

 
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lostsheep said:
Are you referring to the light blue on the uniform in the pic, or a different shade of blue? I'm probably in the minority on this, but I liked the light blue as a trim.
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Yes. It was either used more prominently in 1976-77 or the picture makes it look less blue. I think that those uniforms might have been handed down to Pat Summitt and was the origin of the Lady Vols’ blue.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
It’s hard to tell, but I think that that upper balcony is on the north side (behind Ernie). By that time a court side table for the media was added opposite of where the teams sat. I think that the teams are on the left side and out of the camera shot. The guys at center court on the right side of this picture look more like TV announcers rather than the scoreboard operator-official timer and Haywood Harris on the PA. I can not remember exactly what was court-side opposite the team benches before they added more tables for the media. Maybe a smaller table without TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS on it. I really don’t remember seats for ticket holders being close to court-side. There was an open area/aisle that circled the court between the pullout bleachers and the court-side tables. There is a YouTube of the Kentucky game from the previous year (1975, this picture was taken on 1/31/1976) that will probably clears it up for me.

Edit: at 12:45 a lot of the east end court-side table can be seen.

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I never get tired of that video. Stokely was incredible on a Tennessee Saturday night. So many memories.
 
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cardvolfan said:
I never get tired of that video. Stokely was incredible on a Tennessee Saturday night. So many memories.
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It is so sad that video tape used to be very expensive in the 1970s and earlier and it was recycled with new content rather than saved. TN football was lucky to have Mr. Thompson taking a lot of film in the 1940s and later. I don’t think I’ve ever seen game film of Tom Boerwinkle, Ron Widby, or earlier. Lighting was probably a big hurdle as well as the cost of the physical medium.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
It is so sad that video tape used to be very expensive in the 1970s and earlier and it was recycled with new content rather than saved. TN football was lucky to have Mr. Thompson taking a lot of film in the 1940s and later. I don’t think I’ve ever seen game film of Tom Boerwinkle, Ron Widby, or earlier. Lighting was probably a big hurdle as well as the cost of the physical medium.
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True. Ron Widby was probably the greatest multi-sport athlete ever at Tennessee. Also, probably one of the top 5 greatest athletes during his era, yet we see nothing of his accomplishments. Truly sad.
 
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cardvolfan said:
True. Ron Widby was probably the greatest multi-sport athlete ever at Tennessee. Also, probably one of the top 5 greatest athletes during his era, yet we see nothing of his accomplishments. Truly sad.
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I don’t think I’ve even seen video of Bill Justus and very little or none of Jimmy England/Don Johnson who were 2 classes behind Justus.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I don’t think I’ve even seen video of Bill Justus and very little or none of Jimmy England/Don Johnson who were 2 classes behind Justus.
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I don’t think I’ve even seen video of Bill Justus and very little or none of Jimmy England/Don Johnson who were 2 classes behind Justus.
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Jimmy England and Bill Justus were two of the stalwarts of that era. Don Johnson was instrumental in that 1969 win over #1 South Carolina in Columbia, if I’m not mistaken.
 
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cardvolfan said:
True. Ron Widby was probably the greatest multi-sport athlete ever at Tennessee. Also, probably one of the top 5 greatest athletes during his era, yet we see nothing of his accomplishments. Truly sad.
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Fulton's trophy case was full of Widby memorabilia, back when I was there, 85-89. But, I agree, Widby is very underrated, considering he lettered in basketball, football, golf and baseball, at UT. He had the school single game record for points, until Tony White broke it against Florida. Was an all-SEC punter that won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys. I think he even played golf for money, not sure if it was the PGA (I don't think so) or probably the Seniors Tour or something like the old Hooters Tour. Baseball was his weakest sport and still lettered the only year he played. I wonder if anybody ever wrote a book about him ? I know I would read it
 
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cardvolfan said:
Jimmy England and Bill Justus were two of the stalwarts of that era. Don Johnson was instrumental in that 1969 win over #1 South Carolina in Columbia, if I’m not mistaken.
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Bill Justus and Bill Hann were senior starters, Bobby Croft (from Canada) was the (JR) center, Don Johnson and Jimmy England (Holston HS in east Knoxville) were sophomore starters (freshman weren’t eligible and there was a JV team that was sometimes the first game in a double header), and Rudy Kinard, Jim Woodall, and Dickie Johnston were subs that got frequent minutes.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
I might have seen a few minutes of some very grainy, brief clips from Alumni Gym.
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We used to sneak in and play on that main court at Alumni on the weekends, during summer, when I was in high school, late 80s. They eventually put locked orange lids on the baskets, but there was another gym upstairs, we played at, a lot more.
 
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The Dog said:
We used to sneak in and play on that main court at Alumni on the weekends, during summer, when I was in high school, late 80s. They eventually put locked orange lids on the baskets, but there was another gym upstairs, we played at, a lot more.
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The gym upstairs has concrete walls just a few feet beyond the baselines.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Bill Justus and Bill Hann were senior starters, Bobby Croft (from Canada) was the (JR) center, Don Johnson and Jimmy England (Holston HS in east Knoxville) were sophomore starters (freshman weren’t eligible and there was a JV team that was sometimes the first game in a double header), and Rudy Kinard, Jim Woodall, and Dickie Johnston were subs that got frequent minutes.
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I’m not sure if you remember that Jimmy England had a brother who played at Auburn. He lived in my neighborhood, but I’m pretty sure he passed away a number of years ago.
 
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cardvolfan said:
I’m not sure if you remember that Jimmy England had a brother who played at Auburn. He lived in my neighborhood, but I’m pretty sure he passed away a number of years ago.
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Gary England played for Barn. Jimmy passed away, I’m not sure about Gary. They had a younger brother that would have graduated from Holston in the late 1970s. His name always escapes me.

UT basketball great Jimmy England passes away
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
The gym upstairs has concrete walls just a few feet beyond the baselines.
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It did, they did have a 4 inch pad behind the goal for a little protection. I'm pretty sure, they had 6 total goals, 2 on each side, so you could run 2 games. But there were usually not enough people there to do that, so we ran on the main court. 2 white boys from Philly that went to UT could ball out. One was a point guard, the other was about 6'3, so I always ended up, guarding him and I hated it. Physical and very fundamentally skilled, he would abuse me, if I let him get the ball in the paint. I was more athletic and I got my points and rebounds, but he was just too strong for the 17 year old, 6'3, 160 pound Dog
 
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