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The University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team has had 460 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. [1] [. A 1] This includes 82 players taken in the first round and three overall number one picks, Harry Gilmer in the 1948 NFL draft, Joe Namath in the 1965 AFL draft and Bryce ...
2011 – 2013. McCarron led the Crimson Tide to the 2011 and 2012 national championships and graduated as Alabama's career leader in passing yardage (9,019), completions (686) and touchdowns (77). He also holds the record for passing touchdowns (30) in a single season. He finished runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in the 2013 season.
John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Winston County in 1858. Jones County. Josiah Jones, a local political leader. Covington County (its former name) in 1868 after Jones refused the honor. Jones County. E.P. Jones, a local landowner. Sanford County, which subsequently became Lamar County in 1877.
Time in Alabama. All of the U.S. state of Alabama is in the Central Time Zone ( UTC−06:00, DST UTC−05:00) and observes daylight saving time . Unofficially, Phenix City in Russell County and an area surrounding it, Lanett and Valley in Chambers County and some towns in Lee County observe Eastern Time ( UTC−05:00, DST UTC−04:00 ). [1] [2 ...
According to the 2020 United States Census, Alabama is the 24th most populous state with 5,024,279 inhabitants and the 28th largest by land area spanning 50,645.33 square miles (131,170.8 km 2) of land. Alabama is divided into 67 counties and contains 461 municipalities consisting of 174 cities and 287 towns.
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2022. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to U.S. states whose voters vote predominantly for one party — the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states — in presidential and other statewide elections.
Captain Phillip A. Sternberg of Co. B, 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment. The 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment recruited from Southern Unionists that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was the only predominantly-white Union regiment from Alabama. Of the 2,678 white Alabamians who enlisted in the Union Army ...
Four governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms: Bibb Graves, Jim Folsom, and Fob James each served two, and George Wallace served three non-consecutive periods. Officially, these non-consecutive terms are numbered only with the number of their first term. William D. Jelks also served non-consecutive terms, but his first term was in ...