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  Heisman.com - Heisman Trophy
Billy Cannon of Louisiana State University gained 598 yards rushing, an average of ran them back for 221 yards, returned eight kickoffs for 191 yards, scored seven touchdowns and punted 44 times for an average of 40.3 yards.
Cannon went on to a distinguished career in pro ball with the Houston Oilers (4 years), the Oakland Raiders (6 years) and the Kansas City Chiefs (1 year).
LSU star Billy Cannon was a runaway winner, with his 1,316-point margin over Richie Lucas of Penn State ranking was the ninth highest in Heisman history.
www.heisman.com /winners/b-cannon59.html   (204 words)

  
 An utter disaster - former football star Billy Cannon Sporting News, The - Find Articles
Cannon's two X-ray machines -- one is broken -- have not been used since 1986 when he was released from federal prison in Texarkana, Tex. He served 2 1/2 years as head of a ring that counterfeited $6 million in $100 bills.
Now, Cannon contracts out X-rays because he has been "financially unable" to pay the $55-a-year safety inspection fee for X-ray machines, according to a letter filed September 9, 1993, with the state attorney general.
The letter from his attorney was in response to two lawsuits by the attorney general totaling nearly $1,000 in fines and court fees for non-payment of $110 for safety inspections.
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 Story Lines
Billy Blue Cannon faces possible hanging when he is court-martialed on the charge of killing an army general's son.
John Cannon is accused of killing the daughter of a Mexican sheepherder and is condemned to death unless steep ransom is paid.
Men of the Cannon ranch are caught in the middle of a confrontation between a neighboring rancher and a young cavalry officer determined to arrest him.
www.doncollier.com /storyhc.htm   (9798 words)

  
 Billy Cannon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Billy Cannon (born 1937), EHandler: no quick summary.
Cannon made the AFL All-star team as a halfback in 1961, EHandler: no quick summary.
Billy Cannon is one of twenty players who played the entire ten years of the American Football League, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bi/billy_cannon.htm   (984 words)

  
 An utter disaster - former football star Billy Cannon Sporting News, The - FindArticles
Cannon's two X-ray machines -- one is broken -- have not been used since 1986 when he was released from federal prison in Texarkana, Tex. He served 2 1/2 years as head of a ring that counterfeited $6 million in $100 bills.
Now, Cannon contracts out X-rays because he has been "financially unable" to pay the $55-a-year safety inspection fee for X-ray machines, according to a letter filed September 9, 1993, with the state attorney general.
The letter from his attorney was in response to two lawsuits by the attorney general totaling nearly $1,000 in fines and court fees for non-payment of $110 for safety inspections.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n22_v219/ai_16905461   (476 words)

  
 Syracuse.com: NFL Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Billy and I had a couple of beers at the "embers" in baton Rouge around 1980.
Billy set the AFL rushing record the first year i beleive around 984 yards.
Billy Cannon told me that night about how he was never a runing back again.
www.syracuse.com /forums/nfl/index.ssf?artid=3075   (268 words)

  
 Function 8 - The Jazz Cannon
Over on the "8" side, The Jazz Cannon's Billy Cote shakes you awake with the stunning hybrid jazz of "Upstate Prison Style," all overflowing with organ and horns and horny organs and techy breakdowns.
This is music to melt to, from Madder Rose guitarist Billy Cote for the wave-making Function 8 label out of San Francisco, which, after just 7 releases has garnered international attention in the independent press, chartings on several key college radio stations, and sell-out sales of 2 pressings.
Billy wants to show a different, darker side with this project, and is happy to be doing it on a new, independent label.
www.function8.com /jazzcannon/press.html   (735 words)

  
 Houston Oilers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Billy Cannon led the league in rushing with 948 yards, and another record was set when Charley Hennigan totaled 1,746 yards receiving.
Cannon is one of twenty players who played the entire ten years of the American Football League.
Hall of Famers George Blanda and Billy Cannon benefited from his blocking as the Oilers won the first two AFL Championships.
www.conigliofamily.com /Oilers.htm   (2269 words)

  
 Offical Site of the Tennessee Titans
Billy Cannon is named game's MVP; Blanda completes 16 of 32 passes for 301 yards and three TDs.
Billy Cannon wins MVP award for second consecutive year.
September 8-Oilers trade Billy Cannon to Oakland for Bob Jackson, Sonny Bishop and Dobie Craig.
www.titansonline.com /history   (1164 words)

  
 Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Billy Cannon was not only important to the Houston team, but to the entire league.
Cannon's 948 yards rushing in 1961 was the best in the league and he set six championship game records.
Cannon logged 644 yards and Smith, 643, as they finished third and fourth among the rushers.
www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=Oilrs-60   (1174 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Burk signed Houston Oilers' first player
Burk was remembered by Oilers founder Bud Adams for helping the team secure Cannon and bring him to what was then a charter team of the American Football League instead of the established National Football League.
"Billy Cannon was a two time All-American and Heisman trophy winner,'' said Adams, who moved the Oilers to Nashville after the 1996 season.
Adams said there was a legal battle over Cannon, because the Los Angeles Rams claimed they had signed the player first.
espn.go.com /classic/obit/s/2003/0728/1586652.html   (682 words)

  
 Students call in big guns for election   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Candidates for St. Augustine Student Council president (from front) Chelsea DeFusco, 12, Casey Rainville, 13, and Billy Cannon, 13, sought votes from the schoolhouse to the Statehouse.
Billy Cannon, 13, e-mailed the senator asking for her endorsement in the kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school race.
While he waited for a response, Cannon taped copies of Tucker's letter -- which recognized Cannon for his performance in a spelling bee -- to campaign posters throughout the school.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20020502/FP_007.htm   (565 words)

  
 Billy Cannon Oakland Raiders Billy Cannon
Billy Cannon is one of twenty players who played the entire ten years of the American Football League.
Cannon amassed 2,043 all-purpose yards in 1961, and led the league in rushing.
Cannon made the AFL All-star team as a halfback in 1961, and as a tight end in 1969.
www.raidersonline.org /billy-cannon.php   (666 words)

  
 Swimming in the Divine Chaos…
Published by billy July 31st, 2007 in booklist, Faith and Politics, theology, church, spiritual dynamics, emerging church, books, theology/philosophy, social issues and western christianity.
Published by billy June 28th, 2007 in Santa Barbara, church, spiritual dynamics, social issues, leadership and spiritual practices.
Published by billy June 26th, 2007 in spiritual dynamics, emerging church, leadership and western christianity.
billycalderwood.com   (8032 words)

  
 Amazon.com: A Magnificent Obsession: The Autobiography of William Ragsdale Cannon: Books: Earl G. Hunt,William Ragsdale ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
William Ragdsale Cannon was not your everyday kind of prelate and his autobiography pretty much sums up what we all thought of him as a man and as a religious figure.
Anybody who dropped by Cannon Chapel at Georgia's Emory University made it a point to see if "Billy Cannon" was presiding, no matter if you were Jimmy Carter, or Pope John Paul II, or just Joe Schmoe, he had a wise word and a prayer for everyone.
Published only after Cannon's 1997 death, MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION is no Jane Wyman-Rock Hudson love fest, but instead a readable, if rather dull, story of a man who loved Georgia, Christ, and the a good meal served up hot, as well as one of the most unforgettable characters ever to grace a bishopric.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0687085756?v=glance   (693 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Fisher Price Rescue Heroes HydroTeam Billy Blazes with VHS Video at Epinions.com
Billy is wearing a fl and yellow fireman jacket with a red and blue tool belt.
Billy is articulated at the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, and hips (legs).
To fire the cannon, pump the lime pump on the backpack several times, and then pull back on the red lever on the water cannon in Billy's hand, and a stream of water will shoot out.
www.epinions.com /content_132753100420   (1029 words)

  
 ESPN Classic - Loose Cannon gives Mississippi nightmares   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
On Halloween night in Baton Rouge, La., Billy Cannon goes from All-American to legend in one play.
But with top-ranked LSU trailing third-ranked Mississippi 3-0 and 10 minutes left, Cannon catches a 47-yard punt on the 11-yard line and begins one of the most breathtaking runs in college history.
Cannon shakes free of two early tacklers, runs through two more and wriggles away from three others on the 89-yard touchdown return that gives LSU a 7-3 victory, its 19th consecutive win.
sports.espn.go.com /classic/s/moment001031cannon.html   (162 words)

  
 Sand Mountain Reporter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Jill Kelly Cannon, wife of Marshall County Commissioner Billy Cannon, died Monday at Baptist Montclair Hospital in Birmingham.
Married to Billy Cannon, Jill Cannon was also loved and recognized for her own benevolent efforts she gave to the community and county in which she lived.
Lyle said Jill Cannon had been having trouble the last 12 years of her life with illnesses related to her juvenile diabetes.
www.sandmountainreporter.com /print.lasso?wcd=7027   (334 words)

  
 eBay - billy cannon helmets, Autographs-Original, Sports Mem, Cards Fan Shop items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Billy Cannon 1959 Heisman Signed LSU Tigers F/S Helmet
Billy Cannon Signed LSU Tigers Pro Helmet 1959 Heisman
LSU Riddell RK FullSize Helmet 1959 Billy Cannon
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 Billy Cannon LSU
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Cannon signed the print with a silver Sharpie and included his Heisman year.
A certificate of authenticity and photo of Cannon signing is included with the artwork.
www.adamnfineartist.com /cannonlsu.html   (81 words)

  
 Cycle News Online
Rotax rider Billy Cannon was close behind, followed by Kawasaki jockey Fred Berryman and Rotax pilot Sean Tunstall.
Billy put the pressure on Manseau for the lead and came out on top.
Cannon took the win, but the battle for second place was a show-stopper, with Manseau finishing second, followed by Berryman and then Tunstall.
www.cyclenews.com /events/PrintStory.asp?HeadlineID=399   (532 words)

  
 Bowie Kuhn | BaseballLibrary.com
A special draft (excluding the Yanks) in August is won by the Indians, but Cannon elects to play football at Texas A&M. Following in the footsteps of his Heisman dad, Cannon will be the number one pick of the Cowboys in 1984, but a neck injury curtails his career.
Four teams had complained that Billy Cannon, Sr., college football's Heisman Trophy winner in 1959, misled them with telegrams saying that his son would go to college, in the hopes that he would then be drafted by the Yankees.
The young Cannon will be drafted number one by the Dallas Cowboys in 1984.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/K/Kuhn_Bowie.stm   (2280 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He has a fearsome-looking laser cannon attached to the end of his arm.] [He aims a beam of light at the chorus line.
BILLY: Well, from now on, I don't want you to even THINK 'em.
[Billy skulks off, sneering.] [The Fat One and The Skinny One try to resume the scene, but their mellow has definitely been harshed.] THE FAT ONE: [stiffly] Are you in a state of preparedness to view an exhibition of the sport colloquially known as pigskin?
home.earthlink.net /~cjclark/mst-706.txt   (836 words)

  
 College Football Encyclopedia - Southeastern Conference
The others were LSU HB Billy Cannon, 1959; Florida QB Steve Spurrier, 1966; Auburn QB Pat Sullivan, 1971; Georgia HB Herschel Walker, 1982; Auburn HB Bo Jackson, 1985; and Florida QB Danny Wuerffel, 1996.
The award also was won by South Carolina RB George Rogers in 1980 when the Gamecocks were independent.
They were Georgia HB Frank Sinkwich, 1942; Georgia HB Charley Trippi, 1946; Kentucky QB Vito "Babe" Parilli, 1950; LSU HB Billy Cannon, 1959; LSU HB Jerry Stovall, 1962; Florida QB Steve Spurrier, 1966; Mississippi QB Archie Manning, 1969; Georgia RB Herschel Walker, 1980; and Florida QB Danny Wuerffel, 1996.
www.footballencyclopedia.com /sechome.htm   (3049 words)

  
 Billy Cannon - 1960   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
20 BILLY CANNON HB Houston Oilers 1960-63 6'1' 210 LSU Age 23:
Played in all ten of the AFL's existence, including six league title contests.
Billy wore a one-bar facemask at LSU but stepped up
members.aol.com /bkbubco/60-Hou.html   (132 words)

  
 The High Chaparral Episode Guide - The High Chaparral Season Episodes - TV.com
This pilot launches the saga of the Cannon family as they fight to establish a ranch in the Arizona territory of the 1870s.
While his brother Buck rides off to recruit gun-carrying cowhands, Big John learns of another enemy: a Mexican land baron claims the Cannon property, and dispatches his men to seize the cattle.
John Cannon drives gold seekers from an abandoned mine on his land and they retaliate by plotting to kill the Cannons.
www.tv.com /show/1922/episode_guide.html&printable=1   (2985 words)

  
 Billy goat - ,The Year of the Goat: The Curse of the Billy Goat,Legend's Puppet Plays,Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Year of the Goat: The Curse of the Billy Goat
Sam Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, Illinois, holds up a newspaper clipping On the first day of our visit to the Billy Goat Tavern,
Billy Goat Tavern, 600 E. Grand Ave (Navy Pier), Chicago, 60611-3428.
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 Oct05obits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Va. He was preceded in death by his wife, Katie Roberta Tuggle Cannon, a daughter, Eva Sue Cannon and a brother, Bobby Joe Cannon.
She was the widow of Homer L. Dixon and was the daughter of the late Charlie and May Pippin Kaylor.
Survivors include 1 daughter: Ann Newman and her husband Mickey of Abingdon; 2 sons: Billy Ray Dixon and his wife Carol of Damascus; Lee Dixon and his wife Edna of Bristol, TN; 1 brother: Fred Kaylor, Bristol, TN and 1 sister: Mildred Potter, Bluff City, TN; 5 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
www.farrisfuneralservice.com /oct05obits.htm   (7009 words)

  
 Money4Investors - Billy Cannon
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Billy Cannon has taught for Robert Allen, J.G. Banks, and Carleton Sheets among others, where he as instructed thousands of students in the ways of investing in real estate.
On this great call, Billy will let us in on some of the hottest investment secrets in:
www.money4investors.com /newblog/PermaLink,guid,82c89e21-edc9-42f2-9067-b1e91d13df4e.aspx   (62 words)

  
 Oakland Raiders
Clem Daniels, Billy Cannon, Hoot Gibson, Art Powell and Daryle Lamonica were among many great players to wear the "silver and fl", to be joined by AFL legend George Blanda in 1967, the start of a nine-year career with the Raiders.
He played for the Oilers from 1960 through 1963 and went to the Raiders in 1964.
AandM University was voted to All-Conference honors during his sophomore and junior years, and captained the NAIA National Championship team in his senior year.
www.conigliofamily.com /Raiders.htm   (2434 words)

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