Governor Albert Brewer at the annual awards banquet of the Birmingham Touchdown Club in the Terrace Room of the Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama.
Left to right: Gene Lorendo, assistant football coach at Auburn University; Ruth Marshall, wife of the late Benny Marshall, who was a sports editor at the Birmingham News; Harry Philpott, president of Auburn; Governor Brewer; and Paul Dietzel, football coach for the University of South Carolina and...
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| Summary: | Left to right: Gene Lorendo, assistant football coach at Auburn University; Ruth Marshall, wife of the late Benny Marshall, who was a sports editor at the Birmingham News; Harry Philpott, president of Auburn; Governor Brewer; and Paul Dietzel, football coach for the University of South Carolina and the guest speaker for the banquet. At the event, Auburn football player Pat Sullivan was awarded the first Benny Marshall Award, and Lorendo represented Auburn in accepting the Governor's Trophy, which was awarded each year to the winner of the Iron Bowl. |
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