Ga Southern's ERK RUSSELL has TWO Statues of him BUT Clemson

Jan 4, 2015, 1:12 PM

has NONE for John Heisman, Frank Howard..OR Danny Ford (when he passes on).

Saying..it's unreal to walk up to a bigger than life-size statue of ERK (outside & inside in their stadium)..read what he accomplished and see his motto: "ONE MORE TIME" since he/they were big in winning NC Trophies left & right (5 in about 10 years!). It inspired me still even though I have followed him at UGa and then at GaSouthern.

I would love for a statue to be commissioned for John Heisman since he actually was the face of Clemson smash-mouth & winning football from 1900-03 (our 4th HC)...plus have it placed at the new West End Zone steps..and let visitors as well as new Tiger Fans learn that Clemson actually has a HEISMAN....not in the form of a trophy winner, but in having the real Man himself..the inventor of many formations and/or procedures..like the center snap.

Other schools have large stunning bronze statues...and some I've seen are: Notre Dame (The Gipper, Knute Rockne & Moses)..Bama (The Bear)..and OHst (Woody & Jesse Owens).

A statue would be expensive..over $100,000..but 10,000 donors @ $10 each would raise this much easily imo...and if more, then maybe $20-$25 each average donation. I will pledge $1000 and give a box of LED's free tOO to light him uP (LOL)...since the five bricks I donated for family members under the last tree inside the stadium..as well as the pledge for the upper decks were very rewarding to me personally.

Maybe David Hood OR Lawton Swann OR even a Sculpture Artist on TigerNet OR some important person with pull (Nancy O'Dell !) will take this and run with it. What better legacy than a bronze sculpture of our 1st famous HFBC...John Heisman! Let's git er done and do more for Clemson than just post and hope for change. We can make a difference as a large group who loves CLEMSON 110%!

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