From famous punt return to Heisman to national title, Billy Cannon set the gold standard at LSU

In some ways the LSU football team and players are always chasing Billy Cannon like those Ole Miss defenders futilely pursuing him during the most famous play in Tigers history.

Anyone in Louisiana who became an LSU football fan in the past half century or so has grown accustomed to annually re-watching Cannon’s legendary punt return against the Rebels on Halloween night in 1959. 

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