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Crimson Tide Roll Call: July 16, 2021

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Crimson Tide Roll Call: July 16, 2021
Crimson Tide Roll Call: July 16, 2021

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Countdown to the Crimson Tide’s 2021 Opener:

50 days

On This Date in Crimson Tide History:

July 16, 1956: Linebacker Rich Wingo was born in Ekhart, Ind.

July 16, 1989: Days before he was due to arrive at Alabama for orientation, prize signee Deon McLeod died in a drowning accident near his hometown of Ozark. McLeod, projected to be a defensive lineman in college, had starred for the Alabama team in the high school all-star game against Mississippi.

July 16, 2013: Commissioner Mike Slive kicked off SEC Media Days with his annual “brag bag” of accomplishments that were highlighted by the Crimson Tide: “The SEC won its seventh straight BCS national championship, finished the regular season with six teams ranked in the top 10, the first conference to accomplish such a feat in the history of college football, set a record with 63 NFL Draft picks, more than double that of any other conference, and an SEC football player was awarded the Heisman Trophy for the fourth time in the last six years. 

“In addition to winning the national championship in football, we captured titles in men's indoor track and field, gymnastics, women's swimming and diving, equestrian, men's golf, men's outdoor track and field, bringing the total number of national championships won by the SEC to 86 since the year 2000.

At the same time many of our football student-athletes excelled academically. Alabama’s Barrett Jones was awarded the national football foundations William V. Campbell Trophy, better known to you as the Academic Heisman. Three of the last four academic All Americans of the last year came from the SEC, namely Barrett Jones in 2012, Alabama's Greg McElroy in 2010, and Florida's Tim Tebow in 2009.” 

July 16, 2018: Happy birthday to … us! BamaCentral officially went live during SEC media days in Atlanta.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

"No coach has ever won a game by what he knows; it's what his players know that counts." – Paul W. “Bear” Bryant

We’ll leave you with this …

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Katie Windham
KATIE WINDHAM

Katie Windham is the assistant editor for BamaCentral, primarily covering football, basketball, gymnastics and softball. She is a two-time graduate of the University of Alabama and has covered a variety of Crimson Tide athletics since 2019 for outlets like The Tuscaloosa News, The Crimson White and the Associated Press before joining BamaCentral full time in 2021. Windham has covered College Football Playoff games, the Women's College World Series, NCAA March Madness, SEC Tournaments and championships in multiple sports.

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