Down Through The Years: Great Quotations on Auburn Football is approximately 350 quotations from former and current coaches and players at Auburn University, dating back to the beginning of Auburn football in 1892 and continuing to today's era. Coaches and players speak of their affection for Auburn, for their teammates, on discipline and faith, on great seasons and great games. From coaches John Heisman to Shug Jordan to Pat Dye to Tommy Tuberville, and from players Jimmy Hitchcock to Tucker Frederickson to Pat Sullivan to Bo Jackson to Cadillac Williams, "Down Through the Years" brings their words to life and tells the story of Auburn football.

Down Through the Years

Donnell, Rich

The Donnell Group

George Petrie, a native of Montgomery, AL, is most remembered for two achievements: He is the father of college football at Auburn University in Alabama, organizing the first team in 1892 and coaching the team in its first game, a 10-0 win over the University of Georgia. Late in his career, in 1943, Petrie authored the beloved Auburn Creed, which depicts the ideal spiritual makeup of every Auburn man and woman. In between those accomplishments, Petrie served more than five decades as an instructor and Dean of History at Auburn, and was one of the most respected historians in the United States. In fact he was the first instructor in the state of Alabama with a Ph.D, having earned it at Johns Hopkins University. This biography, in addition to its story of perhaps Auburn's most remarkable man ever, is also the most exhaustive history of this crucial period of challenge and growth experienced by Auburn University. It brings to life not only Petrie but also his contemporaries whom today are remembered throughout campus on the names of buildings and streets. Pat Dye, the former Auburn University head football coach and athletics director, comments, "No other individual in history has impacted Auburn in so many important ways or better represented the ideal combination of both academic and athletic achievement. Petrie's story is a must for any true Auburn person's bookshelf."

Auburn Man: The Life & Times of George Petrie

Mike Jernigan

The Church of the Ascension: A Resurrection Story

Lynn Willoughby

The Human Spirit

Jame Ian Walter

Raised near Phenix City, Ala., Lewis Colbert overcame a severe club foot birth defect as well as a challenging upbringing at home to become an All-American punter at Auburn University in 1985 and an NFL punter. Auburn fans voted him to the school's Team of the Century. Former Auburn head football coach Pat Dye, who wrote the foreword to the book, comments that Lewis Colbert's story will inspire anyone who reads it. I especially hope it helps young people everywhere understand that with faith in yourself, determination, hard work and mental toughness, and by putting the team ahead of yourself, you can accomplish goals which appear to be impossible. You can achieve your dreams! The Donnell Group publisher of the book has also published Auburn football titles such as God's Receiver: The Terry Beasley Story;Touchdown Auburn with Jim Fyffe; and Auburn Man: The Life and Times of George Petrie.

Lewis Colbert: The Unlikeliest Auburn Tiger

Sports & Outdoors

Lewis Colbert

George Littleton

Football (American)

Brother Sid is a fictional account of the bright, abbreviated life of iconic southern poet Sidney Lanier. From college he is sent to war, and from war to prison. Afterward, neither Reconstruction nor broken romance derails him for long. Lanier juggles ill health, poverty and great promise by balancing on his friends and the remarkable gifts God gave him. Decades later, a woman in her final days sees Sidney Lanier as a man worth remembering for his steadfast pursuit of improbable dreams, some of which even came true.

Brother Sid: A Novel of Sidney Lanier

Business & Money

May Lamar

Real Estate

A Biography of Norval K. Morey, founder of Morbark, Inc.  Norval "Nub" Morey couldn't read very well, but that didn't stop him from developing one of the most successful forest products equipment companies in the world, Morbark, Inc.  And he didn't go far to do it.  In fact Morey built the company just a couple of miles from the site of the log cabin where he was born.  The people of Winn, Michigan and Isabella County will forever be grateful for Morey's business and labor infusion, as well as for Morey's significant philanthropic contribution.  But Morey's impact was felt nationwide, not only because of the innovative wood reduction machinery he patented and introduced to the forestry industry, but also because of his foresight as to the potential of wood biomass as a renewable energy that could drive America toward energy independence.  In recent years, wood-to-energy has emerged in the United States and worldwide, but Norval Morey was promoting it 40 years ago.  And his biggest propenent was none other than a presidential candidate named Ronald Reagan.  That Morey befriended and convinced "The Great Communicator' himself to deliver Morey's wood energy message to the nation is but one example of the tireless devotion Morey maintained for many pursuits during his life.  Norval Morey's life was an exciting journey.  He worked on his family's farm during the Great Depression, he felled big timber in the forests of the Great Northwest, he experienced hellacious front-line combat for most of a year in Italy during World War II.  Then he came back home to rural Winn, where with the aid of many Morey siblings and relatives he began to put down his own, unique, unbending entrepreneurial stamp.  There's not a statue of Morey in his hometown, but there probably should be.

My Way: The Norval Morey Story by Rich Donnell (2013-05-03)

Rich Donnell

After The Arena is former Auburn University head football coach Pat Dye's sequel to In The Arena, which was published in 1992 near the end of his remarkable coaching career, which included four Southeastern Conference championships in a span of seven years and culminated with the naming of the Auburn football field as Pat Dye Field. In After The Arena, Dye continues to reminisce on his active years in football and displays his continuing passion for the game today. He delves into the amazing growth of college football and in particular the domination of the Southeastern Conference. He also reflects on his life outside of coaching, including his love for his farm in rural Notasulga, Alabama, near Auburn. Dye, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, remains close to his former players, such as Heisman winner Bo Jackson, who wrote the Foreword to After The Arena. After The Arena was written in cooperation with Auburn author Mike Jernigan. It is published by The Donnell Group, which has previously published numerous Auburn football books such as God's Receiver, The Terry Beasley Story and Lewis Colbert, The Unlikeliest Auburn Tiger.

After The Arena: Pat Dye

Pat Dye

(NOTE: All proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission of increasing the number of high-quality high school science and mathematics teachers in the United States.) Is genius in America alive? Meet C. Harry Knowles, inventor. He believes it is. With more than 400 patents, Knowles is one of the nation's most prolific inventors. He spent the better part of 40 years as head of global bar code scanner company Metrologic Instruments, which he founded in 1968. However, his greatest legacy is his effort to improve math and science education through KSTF. Inventor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Knowles scoffs at anyone calling him a genius. He would rather talk about investing in American genius and shaping our country's future through education.His life's journey provides a personal view of the influence of good teaching and inventive collaboration, along with critical insights into the challenges of founding and growing a business. In addition, "Genius in America" takes the reader on a journey of technological advancements from the transistor to the bar code and beyond and offers hope for the next generation of American ingenuity."Harry Knowles is a pioneer. He was daring, always on the edge of discovery. He shaped an industry. This is a story about a strong individual with the vision to build something from nothing. He believed in and nurtured individuals, not corporations. He had a sense of faith in people. If you failed, you got up." -Tom Perkowski, former Metrologic patent prosecutor."Harry is one of the pre-eminent scientists on the face of the earth....Harry is a patriot to his core. One can identify other successful entrepreneurs who get behind causes that are intended to make the world a better place. Harry wants to make America a better place and maintain its historic position in the world." -Bruce Harrison, attorney and former Metrologic general counsel.

Genius in America: The Story of C. Harry Knowles, Inventor

Mary Ellen Hendrix

Plywood And Veneer-Based Products

Richard F. Baldwin

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