Legends

Thirteen years ago, in the Legends column of Georgia Trend, you may have read about the amazing life led by Atlanta-born and -bred Baron Henry (Bud) Asher. But even if you did, to paraphrase the Al Jolson, “You ain’t read…

Whoever heard of a college football star make a career out of carving ice? Well, meet John William (Bill) Van Dyke, a two-time All-Southeastern Confer-ence guard and founder of Ice Carvings by Bill Van Dyke. Van Dyke makes his home…

At the age of 57 after 19 years as a senior partner of one of Atlanta’s most prestigious law firms, Richard John Reynolds III walked out the front door and never came back. After practicing law for 33 years he…

Patrick Fain Dye made his mark on two SEC football powerhouses – Georgia and Auburn. He was a two-time All-American guard at the University of Georgia and won four Southeastern Conference championships as a head football coach at Auburn University.…

I have heard of falling in love in the classroom, at a dance and even at an opera. But falling in love running the Sanford Stadium steps? Sounds crazy, no? Well, you have not met one of the world’s great…

The old hit song “60 Minute Man” could have been written for Herbert Legrande St. John, a 5-8, 200-pound guard on the University of Georgia football team in the 1940s. He played offense and defense. His crisp blocking opened holes…

Frank Broyles, Larry Morris, Moose Miller: Old Decatur High School turned out more than its share of football immortals, but none was greater than Auburn Cleatus Lambeth, who in one season broke every passing record in the school’s history. Lambeth…

The word “versatility,” according to Merriam-Web-ster’s Collegiate Dictionary, refers to the art of turning from one thing to another. That being the case, what better example of versatility than the life of William “Bill” Scott Goldberg. A second team All-American…

If you had won the Heisman trophy and quarterbacked your team to an undefeated season (14-0) and the national collegiate football championship, which would you say was your biggest sports thrill? Danny Wuerffel, who did just that for the Florida…

Some called it “The Catch of The Year.” Some called it “The Catch of The Century.” Whatever it was, there never has been anything like it, before or since, not even in the legendary days of Don Hutson. It was…