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Sunday Quickies: Babe Parilli Edition

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2-time All-American, 2-time Heisman Trophy finalist, 1950 SEC Player Of The Year, UK's first great quarterback. R.I.P. Vito "Babe" Parilli pic.twitter.com/SxsjDgeaMl

— Corey Price (@coreyp08) July 15, 2017

Babe left UK with NCAA records for TD passes in a career (50) and season (23), career passing yards (4,351), and career completions (331)

— Corey Price (@coreyp08) July 15, 2017

Kentucky had a 28-8 record (.778) in Babe's 3 seasons at quarterback (1949-1951), including a 12-5 SEC record and a 2-1 bowl record

— Corey Price (@coreyp08) July 15, 2017

RIP to Babe, one of the great athletes to ever don a UK jersey.