If you find yourself in "The Magic City" (aka Birmingham, Alabama) with nothing to do, head north on I-65 for about an hour and exit at U.S. Route 72. Drive west for about half an hour and you'll find yourself in the tiny little burg of Town Creek. To the casual observer, it is a tiny little town with a few stores, a post office, and a stoplight slowing you down on your way to Muscle Shoals, Florence, and points west.
But this is no ordinary small southern town. One extraordinary family produced a large number of offspring who went on to star on the gridiron for the Crimson Tide and for some of them, the NFL:
- Chris Goode was the oldest of the Goode brothers and blazed the family trail to Tuscaloosa.