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SUjagTILLiDIE
December 3rd, 2009, 04:35 PM
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RICHARD ALAN HANNON/The Advocate



Stockard saw decades of stars
By GEORGE MORRIS
Advocate staff writer
Published: Dec 3, 2009 - Page: 1D

Hurricane Katrina ruined some of Russell Stockard’s sports memorabilia. But it couldn’t touch his memories.

Stockard, 84, has more than a half-century of those, especially as they relate to Southern University, Grambling and the rest of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. Stockard, who lives in Baton Rouge, saw and met countless athletes and coaches, both as a sportswriter and as a publicist for the SWAC, at the same time he served on the geography faculties of Southern University and Southern-New Orleans.

“As a college professor, it’s pretty stiff and straight down the line,” Stockard said. “But when you’re writing sporting events, it’s almost the very opposite from the classroom. So, one fed off the other, and I enjoyed both of them. I never felt like I worked a day in my life.”

Even in multiple jobs.

Since 1954, Stockard added to his academic duties by serving as Southern’s first sports information director, writing sports stories for afternoon newspapers in Baton Rouge or New Orleans, writing stories for weekly newspapers in those two cities and aiding the SWAC, not only as publicist but for three years as its first NCAA compliance officer. He has been on the Sugar Bowl’s Sports and Hall of Fame Committee for more than 30 years.

He framed hundreds of game programs, news clippings and photos of some of the athletic luminaries he saw and met. The memorabilia that survived the flooding of his New Orleans home bear witness.


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WestCoastAggie
December 3rd, 2009, 04:38 PM
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December 3rd, 2009, 04:42 PM
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