2020 Gumbo Final - Book - Page 48
In this Oct. 31, 1959 file photo,
Billy Cannon, Louisiana State
University’s All-America halfback,
slips by tacklers at the start
of an 89-yard punt return
for a touchdown to help his
champion Tigers beat thirdranked Mississippi, 7-3 in a
college football game in Baton
Rouge, La. On Saturday night,
LSU will celebrate the halfcentury anniversary of Cannon’s
Halloween night punt return
against Ole Miss, widely believed
to be the play that clinched the
Heisman Trophy for him.
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