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Twenty Years Ago, One Hit Changed Two Lives Forever

By David WhitleyOct 28th 2009 – 12:00PM

Brad Gaines will do it again early Wednesday morning. He'll grab some Clorox and glass cleaner, toss them in the trunk of his Buick and head to a little cemetery 175 miles away.His long, strange trip actually began 20 years ago today."I'll be doing it until I die," Gaines said.He goes to visit a friend he never really...

Auburn's Gilbert Honors Chucky Mullins

By Jay CoulterOct 26th 2006 – 10:30PM

The story of Chucky Mullins is well known across the South and even across the country. You probably remember that Mullins, while playing for Ole Miss was injured during the Vanderbilt game in 1989. His injuries left him paralyzed, but his story inspired millions. Mullins battled on and even moved back to Oxford to finish...

chucky mullins News From the Web

  • 03/28/12 Spencer Tillman To Speak At Chucky Mullins Award... Source: OleMissSports.com As part of Grove Bowl Week festivities, the Chucky Mullins Courage Award banquet will be Thursday, April 19, and CBS analyst and former Oklahoma All-American Spencer Tillman will serve as guest speaker.
  • 04/15/11 Rare honor for D Source: Decatur Daily - Decatur AL Ole Miss linebacker D.T. Shackelford was named the 22nd recipient of the Chucky Mullins Courage Award on Thursday and became the first junior to receive the distinction.
  • 03/30/11 Ole Miss to return Chucky Mullins' No. 38 to active... Source: The Mississippi Press - Pascagoula MS Ole Miss has announced the No. 38 will return to the Rebels football roster in 2011.
  • 03/29/11 No. 38 returning to field for Ole Miss Source: Hattiesburg American - Hattiesburg MS Ole Miss announced today that No. 38 will return to the Rebel football field in 2011.

Background on chucky mullins

Roy Lee "Chucky" Mullins (July 8, 1969 in Russellville, Alabama – May 6, 1991 in Memphis, Tennessee) was an American football player at Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) best known for the devastating football injury that left him a quadriplegic.

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