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AUBURN, Ala. - After starting on Auburn’s freshman team in 1966, Buddy McClinton found himself buried on the varsity depth chart at safety in the spring of ’67.
“I was fifth or sixth-string and thinking that this was probably not going to be a whole lot of fun,” McClinton says.
Auburn’s defensive backfield coach, Bill “Brother” Oliver, saw McClinton’s potential.
“I just got a break and Brother Oliver saw something in me and gave me a chance,” says McClinton, who would go on to start every game for the next three seasons.