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9 unusual facts about Ralph Jordan


1951 Auburn Tigers football team

The team was led by head coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan, in his first year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn, Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Ladd Memorial Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.

1976 Auburn Tigers football team

At the end of the 1975 season, Ralph "Shug" Jordan retired after 25 years as head coach of the Auburn Tigers.

Alabama State Route 267

The highway was completed in 1971 as "West University Drive", and was soon renamed "Shug Jordan Parkway" for the famed Auburn University football coach Ralph Jordan.

For its entire 5.1 mile (8.2 km) length, SR-267 is known as the Shug Jordan Parkway (named for Auburn University football coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan).

Aubie

Aubie's appearances on game programs proved to be somewhat of a good luck charm for head football coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan's teams.

Bill Oliver

After coaching for high schools in Alabama, Oliver joined Auburn as a secondary coach in 1966 under coach Ralph Jordan.

Jimmy Hitchcock

He also took a position on the Auburn University Board of Trustees which was responsible for the hiring of legendary football coach "Shug" Jordan.

Ralph Jordan

Born in Selma, Alabama, Jordan was nicknamed "Shug" as a child because of his love for sorghum sugar cane.

Tucker Frederickson

Coach Shug Jordan called him "the most complete football player I've ever seen".


Jordan–Hare Stadium

The stadium is named for Ralph "Shug" Jordan, who has the most wins as head coach of the University's football team, and Cliff Hare, a member of Auburn's first football team as well as Dean of the Auburn University School of Chemistry and President of the Southern Conference.


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