50 years later, Rebs haunted by Cannon run

50 years later, Rebs haunted by Cannon run

NINE 1959 Ole Miss Rebels, four seated and five standing, posed for photographers Tuesday night before the Jackson Touchdown Club’s weekly meeting.

Across the room, behind the photographers, Billy Cannon and Paul Dietzel watched their old adversaries smile for the camera. That’s when Marvin Terrell, one of the Rebels, broke up everybody in the room, including Cannon.

“Come on, Billy, let’s see if you can run through us now!” Terrell bellowed.

The old Rebels, to a man, doubled over in laughter. Fifty years later, they can laugh. But one wonders, as one spends time with them through the years, if they might at times be laughing through tears.

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10/26/9