Legendary Tiger Stadium: The Thirty Greatest LSU Football Games - Softcover

Hilburn, Chet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1455618853 ISBN 13: 9781455618859

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Natives of Louisiana never miss a chance to cheer for their beloved Louisiana State University Tigers. Learn of the wins that struck fear into Tiger rivals and the losses that made LSU fans across the state cry. Photographs capturing iconic scenes and details exploring the fans, the players, and the stadium grace the pages of this compendium. Relive the amazing plays and game-winning touchdowns that made the Tigers a favorite team of the entire nation, and discover why Tiger Stadium is ranked among the loudest and most intriguing venues in the world.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Nowhere do you find a more die-hard and fanatical following of a football team in America. To the fans of the Purple and Gold LSU football is a religion . . . all about life and death . . . talked about year around. Weddings rarely occur on Saturdays when LSU is playing in Tiger Stadium."
-from Mythical Tiger Stadium
In October 1958, the Louisiana State University football team won its first national title, and an impassioned football fan base unlike any other was born. Among the deafening roars of 93,000 filled seats, there emerges a sense of unity, passion, and magic on fall Saturday nights in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. With vivid detail, this book by longtime LSU fan Chet Hilburn presents thirty of LSU's greatest football games.
Names of former players such as Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon will evoke a sense of nostalgia and take fans back to pivotal games in LSU football history. With more than seventy gripping photographs and game plays recounted by coaches, players, and spectators, this book is a must-read for fans of LSU and all football alike.
Chet Hilburn has been an LSU football fan for more than fifty years. His love affair with the Purple and Gold began at the age of sixteen, when he first attended games while visiting his brother, who was studying at the university. Hilburn is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University and has forty-three years of experience as a newspaper reporter, editor, and author. Now retired, he lives in Houston, Texas.

About the Author:

Chet Hilburn has 43 years of experience as a journalist, editor, and author. His 50-year love affair with the LSU Tigers began when he first attended a game with his brother when he was 16 years old.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1455618853
• ISBN 13: 9781455618859
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112