Spring football, saying goodbye to Sang Lyda, Kentucky recruiting stunts.
RIP
Henry Newton Lyda III -- better known to the Alabama Crimson Tide football and basketball family as "Sang" -- died this morning in Birmingham following a brief illness. He was 75. Mr. Lyda started as a student manager for Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant in the early 1960s and later served as the Crimson Tide's associate athletics trainer until he retired in 1995.
Alabama's legendary trainer, Sang Lyda, has died. Lyda, an old-timers' favorite, was Paul Bryant's trainer during the Alabama golden age.