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Shug Jordan

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The Resume

    (September 25, 1910-June 17, 1980)
    Born in Selma, Alabama
    Real name: James Ralph Jordan
    Head football coach at Auburn University (1951-1975)
    Retired with a record of 176-83-6
    Coach of the Year in 1957 and charter member of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame

Why he might be annoying:

    He spent much of his career at Auburn in the shadow of Alabama's head coach Paul 'Bear' Bryant, whose team usually beat Auburn.
    He got the nickname 'Shug' because he liked to chew sugar cane.
    In his time at Auburn, he produced only one undefeated season, one national championship (1957) and only coached one Heisman Trophy winner, Pat Sullivan in 1972.
    His teams produced little in the way of NFL players for such a large and successful program.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He had a winning season 22 out of the 25 years he coached at Auburn.
    He was left-handed.
    A 1932 graduate of Auburn, he lettered in football, baseball, and basketball and was named Most Outstanding Athlete his senior year.
    After graduation, he was hired as head basketball coach for Auburn and had a 95-77 record, 5th all-time at Auburn.
    He was the first coach ever to have a stadium named after him while he was still coaching.
    He ran a relatively clean and scandal free (for the SEC) program.
    He was close friends with his cross-state rival Bear Bryant.
    He didn't wear a dumb looking hat like Bryant.
    A veteran of the US Army during WWII, he participated in the battles of North Africa, Sicily, Normandy and Okinawa, winning the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart after being wounded on D-Day.
    He retired voluntarily rather than hanging on too long and being fired.
    He died of leukemia just a few years after he retired.

Credit: tom_jeffords


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 28 Votes: 60.71% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 95 Votes: 50.53% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 54.55% Annoying