SEC Football Legends
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SEC Football Legends is an annual award program of the Southeastern Conference designed to honor outstanding former college football players from each of the conference's twelve member institutions. Begun in 1994, the Legends Dinner featuring video highlights of each honoree's career is one of various events of the week leading up to the SEC Championship Game.[1] The honorees are also recognized at halftime of the game.[2][3]
[edit] SEC Legends honorees
[edit] East Division
| Year | Florida | Georgia | Kentucky | South Carolina | Tennessee | Vanderbilt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Neal Anderson | Charley Trippi | Babe Parilli | George Rogers | Bob Johnson | Bill Wade |
| 1995 | Jack Youngblood | Fran Tarkenton | Derrick Ramsey | Alex Hawkins | Doug Atkins | Bob Asher |
| 1996 | Nat Moore | Bill Stanfill | Wallace Jones | Sterling Sharpe | Condredge Holloway | John Hall |
| 1997 | Carlos Alvarez | Terry Hoage | Jerry Claiborne | Todd Ellis | John Michels | Ernest "Bucky" Curtis |
| 1998 | Glenn Cameron | John Rauch | Bob Gain | Bobby Bryant | Richmond Flowers | Charley Horton |
| 1999 | Kerwin Bell | Herschel Walker | Steve Meilinger | Rick Sanford | Steve Kiner | Bob Werckle |
| 2000 | John Reaves | Kevin Butler | Lou Michaels | Harold Green | Steve Delong | Herb Rich |
| 2001 | Huey Richardson | Tommy Lyons | Sam Ball | Robert Brooks | Stanley Morgan | Will Wolford |
| 2002 | Brad Culpepper | George Patton | Art Still | Jeff Grantz | Johnny Majors | Jim Arnold |
| 2003 | Larry Smith | Scott Woerner | Dermontti Dawson | Dickie Harris | Reggie White | Whit Taylor |
| 2004 | Lomas Brown | Mike Wilson | George Blanda | Dan Reeves | Frank Emanuel | Boo Mitchell |
| 2005[2] | Trace Armstrong | Zeke Bratkowski | Warren Bryant | Warren Muir | Larry Seivers | Chris Gaines |
| 2006[3] | Louis Oliver | Garrison Hearst | Jeff Van Note | Willie Scott | Chip Kell | Eric Jones |
| 2007 | Ralph Ortega | Rex Robinson | Larry Seiple | Duce Staley | Willie Gault | Chuck Scott |
[edit] West Division
| Year | Alabama | Arkansas | Auburn | LSU | Mississippi | Mississippi St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Lee Roy Jordan | Lance Alworth | Tracy Rocker | Jim Taylor | Charlie Conerly | Johnny Baker |
| 1995 | Harry Gilmer | Joe Ferguson | Tucker Frederickson | Dalton Hilliard | Barney Poole | Jimmy Webb |
| 1996 | Billy Neighbors | Chuck Dicus | Joe Cribbs | Billy Cannon | Johnny Vaught | Hunter Corhern |
| 1997 | John Hannah | Jim Benton | Zeke Smith | Charles Alexander | John "Kayo" Dottley | Steve Freeman |
| 1998 | Holt Rast | Clyde Scott | Pat Sullivan | Bert Jones | Archie Manning | Johnnie Cooks |
| 1999 | Johnny Musso | Bill Montgomery | Jackie Burkett | Jerry Stovall | Charlie Flowers | D.D. Lewis |
| 2000 | Dwight Stephenson | Ronnie Caveness | Stacy Danley | Roy Winston | Robert Khayat | Kent Hull |
| 2001 | Joe Namath | Steve Atwater | Mike Kolen | Tommy Hodson | Ray Poole | Rockey Felker |
| 2002 | Vaughn Mancha | Loyd Phillips | Terry Beasley | Mike Anderson | Ben Williams | Harper Davis |
| 2003 | Jeremiah Castille | Wayne Harris | Steve Wallace | Wendell Davis | Billy Ray Adams | Tyrone Keys |
| 2004 | Bob Baumhower | Fred Marshall | Jimmy "Red" Phillips | Paul Dietzel | Allen Brown | Arthur Davis |
| 2005[2] | Cornelius Bennett | Quinn Grovey | Ed Dyas | Eric Martin | Andre Townsend | Joe Fortunato |
| 2006[3] | Steve Sloan | Billy Ray Smith Jr | Bo Jackson | Y.A. Tittle | Jake Gibbs | Wayne Harris |
| 2007 | Ken Stabler | Ken Hatfield | Ken Rice | Tommy Casanova | Wesley Walls | Billy Jackson |
