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  • Cotton Bowl benchmark moment won't rest(50th anniversary of Lewis tackling Maegle from bench)

    01/01/2004 9:04:14 AM PST · by Diddle E. Squat · 9 replies · 389+ views
    Dallas Morning News ^ | 1/1/04 | RICK ALONZO
    Fifty years later, Tommy Lewis remained afraid of being booed. Lewis is best remembered as the Alabama player who came off the sideline to tackle Rice's Dicky Maegle in the 1954 Cotton Bowl. Even today, as Mississippi and Oklahoma State prepare to meet in Friday's SBC Cotton Bowl Classic, that act is remembered as the most famous play in Cotton Bowl history and one of the most bizarre events in any sport. Maegle has enjoyed a lifetime of fame because of the play – an instant conversation piece. Lewis has suffered lifelong grief and embarrassment. Only this fall did Lewis...