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<blockquote data-quote="AlaJacket" data-source="post: 540815" data-attributes="member: 4425"><p>One of my most memorable players is Eric Wilcox who played MLB from 1966 through 1968. He was possibly the most physical player that I can remember on the flats, and definitely had as much heart as any I have ever seen anywhere. Unfortunately, my most vivid memory of Eric was the 1968 UGA game which was his last game. Eric was a dominant player all the years he played, but he really carried the weight for the defense in the 1968 season (his senior year). As in all of Bud Carson's years, there was little offensive output, and the team's hopes relied very heavily on the performance on the defense. I can't remember which game Eric sprained an ankle, but it must have been in one of the first couple of the year. I'm not sure whether it was Carson's decision or Eric's, but the ankle got damaged over and over as the year progressed. He never sat out to give it time to heal. Finally, by the time of the Georgia game it was so bad that they were deadening the ankle with something so that he could try to play. By the second half, he was falling because he didn't have any feeling left in the ankle. He would run several steps completely on the side of the foot before falling. They would get him off the field, then, apparently, he would talk them into letting him return again in a few minutes. The game ended up being a 47-8 loss, but it certainly wasn't because Wilcox didn't give it everything he could muster.</p><p></p><p>He coached for Curry at Tech, then followed him to Alabama, and (I believe) to Kentucky. I lost track of him after Kentucky. I would be interested to hear where he went from there and if he stayed in coaching.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlaJacket, post: 540815, member: 4425"] One of my most memorable players is Eric Wilcox who played MLB from 1966 through 1968. He was possibly the most physical player that I can remember on the flats, and definitely had as much heart as any I have ever seen anywhere. Unfortunately, my most vivid memory of Eric was the 1968 UGA game which was his last game. Eric was a dominant player all the years he played, but he really carried the weight for the defense in the 1968 season (his senior year). As in all of Bud Carson's years, there was little offensive output, and the team's hopes relied very heavily on the performance on the defense. I can't remember which game Eric sprained an ankle, but it must have been in one of the first couple of the year. I'm not sure whether it was Carson's decision or Eric's, but the ankle got damaged over and over as the year progressed. He never sat out to give it time to heal. Finally, by the time of the Georgia game it was so bad that they were deadening the ankle with something so that he could try to play. By the second half, he was falling because he didn't have any feeling left in the ankle. He would run several steps completely on the side of the foot before falling. They would get him off the field, then, apparently, he would talk them into letting him return again in a few minutes. The game ended up being a 47-8 loss, but it certainly wasn't because Wilcox didn't give it everything he could muster. He coached for Curry at Tech, then followed him to Alabama, and (I believe) to Kentucky. I lost track of him after Kentucky. I would be interested to hear where he went from there and if he stayed in coaching. [/QUOTE]
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