James Batie, a Troy State track star, once held the world record in the 50-yard dash. Also, a post recounting the time Gov. Wallace met Vivian Malone 33 years after standing in the school house door.
New readers to The Troy Citizen can skim this article, which lists the "50 Most Popular" stories we've posted so far. I give a brief summary of each story and also run about 15 of my favorite photos from past dispatches.
I found this archived article from a Tallahassee, Florida newspaper about a track meet held in Auburn in 1971. The article lists all the meet records set that day and all the big-name schools that were competing. James Batie won the 100-yard dash in 9.6 seconds, beating the previous track record of 9.8 seconds.
In reading this story, I saw that a new record was set in the shot put as well. The previous record had been set by Alabama and NFL football great John Hannah.
New readers to The Troy Citizen can skim this article, which lists the "50 Most Popular" stories we've posted so far. I give a brief summary of each story and also run about 15 of my favorite photos from past dispatches.
https://thetroycitizen.substack.com/p/the-most-popular-troy-citizen-stories
I found this archived article from a Tallahassee, Florida newspaper about a track meet held in Auburn in 1971. The article lists all the meet records set that day and all the big-name schools that were competing. James Batie won the 100-yard dash in 9.6 seconds, beating the previous track record of 9.8 seconds.
In reading this story, I saw that a new record was set in the shot put as well. The previous record had been set by Alabama and NFL football great John Hannah.
https://www.nolefan.org/ref/mtf1971_05_29_sid.pdf