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'Auburn just grows on you': 92-year-old photographer Ed Jones

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AUBURN, Ala. - The list of people who have 1) carried Bo Jackson’s Heisman Trophy, 2) covered both of Auburn’s national championship teams, 3) knew of Shug Jordan’s impending retirement and kept quiet for a year, is short.

So short, in fact, it consists of only one name. Ed Jones.

One month shy of his 93rd birthday, Jones, a longtime photographer for The Birmingham News, attended Auburn’s A-Day game, sharing stories of taking pictures on the Plains for more than six decades.

“It’s been great,” Jones said. “Auburn just grows on you.