Category Archives: Sports

As ‘A’ Day Approaches

Posted on April 2, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Photographs, Sports, UA History | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Some places they play football, at Alabama we live it… As time draws nearer to the ‘A’ Day game, we will take a look back at Alabama football.  Here are some pictures from the University Photo Collection illustrating decades of … Continue reading →

March Basketball Fever

Posted on March 23, 2012 by kgmatheny | Posted in: Cool Collections, Photographs, Sports, UA History | Leave a comment

This week our post highlights photos from the Educational Media Photo Collection. This collection contains images of basketball games and other events from the University of Alabama between 1963 – 1966. All men’s basketball games were held in Foster Auditorium … Continue reading →

Happy Opening Day! How about That!

Posted on March 31, 2011 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Manuscript Collections, Sports | Tagged | Leave a comment

Mel Allen and Micky Mantle, from the Mel Allen Collection, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.

Our Super Starr: Alabama and Green Bay’s Bart Starr

Posted on February 4, 2011 by | Posted in: Alabama Collection, Corolla, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Sports | 1 Comment

Detail from Quarterbacking by Bart Starr with Mark Cox (Prentice-Hall, 1967) from the Hoole Alabama Collection The Green Bay Packers will make their fifth Super Bowl appearance this Sunday, and what better way to celebrate is to talk a little … Continue reading →

Peanuts? Cracker Jack? Happy Opening Day!

Posted on April 6, 2009 by | Posted in: Crimson White, Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Manuscript Collections, Sports | Tagged | Leave a comment

Advertisement, Crimson White, April 1929 From the Mel Allen Collection, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library Here’s to the first day of Major League Baseball season! And here’s to all who continue to love the game.

The Swinging Sounds of Babe Ruth!

Posted on July 11, 2008 by | Posted in: Jessica Lacher-Feldman, Manuscript Collections, Sports | Tagged | Leave a comment

Ninety-four yeas ago, on July 11, 1914, the soon-to-be legend Babe Ruth made his debut in Major League Baseball — he played for the Boston Red Sox, but in the 1919 season he was sold to the New York Yankees. … Continue reading →