{"id":45763,"date":"2014-12-10T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T19:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=45763"},"modified":"2014-12-10T13:58:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T19:58:24","slug":"clarion-ledger-we-all-lost-a-great-one-in-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/clarion-ledger-we-all-lost-a-great-one-in-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarion-Ledger: We all lost a great one in Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 Years ago, Charlie Flowers was showing me a photo of the 1959 Ole Miss football team. He was pointing to each player, face by face, row by row.<\/p>\n<p>There were 43 players in the photo. Forty-two, Charlie said, graduated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bank president, CEO of his company, successful lawyer,&#8221; Charlie said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Athletic director, mayor, Chancellor,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Head football coach, Major League baseball player, insurance executive, another mayor,&#8221; he kept going and going.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, he finished. &#8220;There will never be another team like it,&#8221; Flowers said.<\/p>\n<p>All too many people love to talk about themselves. Charlie Flowers loved to talk about his <span class=\"-newsgate--ccix-command-147-1-0-8\">team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/sports\/college\/ole-miss\/2014\/12\/10\/cleveland-lost-great-one-flowers\/20180591\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full story by Rick Cleveland here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JACKSON, Miss. \u2013 Years ago, Charlie Flowers was showing me a photo of the 1959 Ole Miss football team. He was pointing to each player, face by face, row by row. There were 43 players in the photo. 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