Tennis for Men: No. 21 Alabama improved to 5-2 on the season with 7-0 sweeps over Tennessee Tech and Kennesaw State. The two games were played at home.
Ayden Moore, a high school student and the preferred walk-on for the Crimson Tide football team, is the brother of defensive back Malachi Moore of Alabama.
This year, Alabama runner Kaleb McRae set a national and international record in the men’s 400-meter event with a time of 45.02 seconds.
Billy Neighbours, a unanimous All-American lineman and the leader of the 1961 national championship team, was born in Tuscaloosa on February 4, 1940.
February 4, 1966: QB Steve Sloan and receiver Dennis Homan were selected to the 23-person Academic All-American team, just after winning a second consecutive national championship. Kenny Stabler, who is anticipated to start at quarterback, announced that he would alternate between spring football and baseball. Stabler was hailed as one of the most gifted left-handed pitchers baseball coach Joe Sewell had ever seen.
“Billy Neighbours was an independent individual. He lost his father at a very young age. Billy was not like his brothers, who were all good football players. All he was was himself. He had enough knowledge to know what needed to be done in order to be great, and he could see something. He was destined to be something exceptional. He rose to prominence in everyone’s eyes.” When Billy Neighbours passed away in 2012, Bill “Brother” Oliver, a former teammate, told AL.com.
