This podcast episode highlights the birthdays of esteemed Hall of Famers in college football, specifically focusing on notable figures from Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Alabama. We delve into the illustrious careers of these athletes, beginning with Pooley Hubert, a prominent Alabama halfback and quarterback, celebrated for his remarkable contributions to the sport. We also commemorate Aurelius Thomas, a versatile player from Ohio State, whose exceptional skills enabled him to excel as a guard and linebacker. Furthermore, we honor John Huart of Notre Dame, whose transformative season led him to secure the Heisman Trophy and numerous accolades. Each birthday underscores the profound impact these individuals have had on the legacy of college football, and we explore their remarkable achievements throughout this episode.

Here are some of the headlines we hit on in this episode: We remember HOF birthdays of legends like Sterling Sharpe, John Huarte, Aurealius Thomas and Pooley Hubert!

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On this edition of the podcast, we have some birthdays of hall of Famers from the biggest schools in college football, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Alabama.

And they're all coming up in just a moment.

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This is your host, Darren Hayes, and we're podcasting from America's North Shore to bring you the memories of the gridiron one day at a time.

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Hello my football friends.

This is Darren Hayes of Pixkind dispatch.com and welcome to your football history headlines and birthdays of hall of famers for the April 6 edition of the Pixkin Daily History Dispatch podcast.

Before, before we get started with our hall of Fame birthdays, let me tell you about a phone call I had the other day.

I was talking to my stepmother, telling her that my wife and I just got our first shots of the COVID 19 vaccine.

And she proceeded to tell me that her and my father were just completing their first shots of the COVID 19 vaccine as well.

And she gave me some reasons.

I was kind of surprised that my father, who's very reluctant to go to any kind of medical facility unless it's absolutely necessary, including, you know, routine visits, he had gone down to the local grocery store at the pharmacy there and got them signed up for getting the shots done.

And as he was sitting in line with my stepmother waiting to get their shots, he had told her that he had done it so he could attend football games in the fall.

He feared that they would not let people without the vaccine attend football games.

And that was the whole reason he was doing it.

And we're talking the high school level.

And she looked at him, said, you mean the whole reason we're coming down here to you get the shots?

That's your whole main reasoning, is not.

To protect yourself or not to travel or anything like that.

It's so you can attend football games in the fall.

And he said, yes.

And he goes, yeah, I don't plan on going on vacation anywhere.

I'm not getting in an airplane, I'm not getting in a boat, I'm not.

Getting in a train.

I don't go to stores, you know, very often.

I plan on doing it so I can attend football games.

I don't want them preventing me from doing that.

And that just tells you the perspective of what I was brought up into.

And maybe that's some of the reasons.

The way I am.

I'm, you know, making podcasts on football every single day.

But football is very important to our family.

It just realizes how much it is to my patriarch of our family and where I sort of get some of my habits from that my wife may say are bad habits.

I don't know if I consider them that way.

But just an interesting story nonetheless.

That's his main reason for getting it interesting.

But the other important character in this game between Bama and Washington that put the Southern football on the map was Pooley Hubert.

That was Pooley's last collegiate game and what an outstanding way to finish such a brilliant career in college, setting the standard for Alabama football for times to come and actually all of the SEC and all Southern teams for times to come.

The FootballFoundation.org points out that his defensive prowess prompted Southern sports writers to herald him as the greatest defensive back ever to appear on Grant Field in Atlanta.

His head coach, Wallace Wade stated, Pooley was the greatest team leader and playmaker that I ever saw coaching in my long career.

Coach Wade also commented that Pulley was undoubtedly one of the greatest football players of all time.

Big words.

Thomas was not the largest interior lineman on the team weighing in a smidge over £200, also making him undersized for his play in the middle of the defense of the Buckeyes.

But Aurelius had great lateral foot speed as well as excellent technique proved to outmatch nearly all of his opponents he faced on both sides of the ball.

Soon after he graduated, Thomas joined coach Woody Hayes staff and coached as an assistant on that Hayes staff at Ohio State for a year and then Aurelius moved on to Coast East High School in Columbus, Ohio for six seasons.

Hewitt had an amazing collegiate story.

His sophomore season was somewhat of an unmemorable injury plagued year for the signal caller.

Parsigian's trust in Hewitt paid huge dividends as Hewitt broke virtually every Notre Dame single season passing record, won the Heisman Trophy and led the Irish to an unbelievable 91 record.

John Hewitt's collegiate football accomplishments and records are celebrated in the College Football hall of Fame.

That powerful wideout from the University of.

He was born on that day.

As a matter of fact, he is most likely the best receiver ever to.

Come out of the Gamecock program.

Sterling 74 game season receptions, 169 career.

And the career receiving yards of 2,497 will all be a tall task for anybody to ever unseat.

Sterling was a five time Pro bowl selection and three time first team All Pro.

Sharp connection.

We might just see the name added to his museum in Canton, Ohio someday to join his brother who's already there, Shannon Sharp.

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