May 25, 2018May 25, 2018 LSU Football Report LSU’s Billy Cannon was young boys’ hero in days of radio and front-yard football Personally Cannon’s death brought me back to a comfortable place where I sometimes like to retreat, a time when your life consisted mainly of baseball and football cards, playing whiffle ball with your friends, and getting dirty and bruised in the front yard during impromptu tackle football games with your neighborhood buddies. Many times during those front yard football games at ages 9 and 10, we pretended to be LSU players, and Cannon usually was the first name called. Click here to continue reading. #GeauxTigers #LSU Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X More Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like Loading... Related