Today, less than two months until the Crimson Tide kickoff the 2016 campaign, we celebrate Sylvester Croom, an Alabama and SEC pioneer.
Sylvester Croom is about as Alabama as it gets.
A Tuscaloosa native, and two-way star at Tuscaloosa High School (tight end and linebacker,) Sly was recruited in Bear’s third integrated class (1971) at a time when the team was undergoing a radical transformation — and it wasn’t just black and white either.
Required to sit out a year by NCAA regulations, Croom would prove to be a pivotal player in the Tide’s adoption of the Wishbone.