{"id":868,"date":"2012-10-22T10:24:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T17:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=868"},"modified":"2017-08-08T10:12:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T17:12:37","slug":"browning-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=868","title":{"rendered":"BROWNING, AL, 1950-2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sportswriter. Born&#8211;Brewton, Al. Parents&#8211; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Browning. Married&#8211; Stacy Browning.\u00a0 Children&#8211;two. Education&#8211; Attended Snead State Junior College; University of Alabama, 1973. Sports writer for The Boll Weevil; worked for Standard-Coosa-Thatcher in Chattanooga; sports writer and sports editor for the Tuscaloosa News, 1977-83; sportswriter and editor for the Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel; free-lance writer for the Columbus (Miss.) Dispatch.\u00a0 Five first place awards for writing from the Alabama Sportswriters Association, 1974-1975; winner of the Herby Kirby Award, the ASWA&#8217;s highest award, 1977 and 1979; Bill Shelton Award, 2002. Died April 25, 2002.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History and SCRIPSIT; obituary, Tuscaloosa News, April 26, 2002<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Basic Thoughts in Coaching Baseball. Memphis, Tenn.; Memphis Park Commission, 1974.<\/p>\n<p>Bowl, Bama, Bowl. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Chomp &#8216;Em Gators.\u00a0 Birmingham: Five Points South Press, n.d.<\/p>\n<p>Crimson Coronation.\u00a0 Birmingham; Five Points South Publishers, 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Kick &#8216;Em Big Blue:\u00a0 Memorable Games and Names in Auburn University Football History.\u00a0 Five Points South, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>On The Run. Nashville; Rutledge Hill Press, 1989.<\/p>\n<p>Snowmen.\u00a0 Five Points South, 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Third Saturday In October; Tennessee vs. Alabama. Nashville; Rutledge Hill Press, 1987.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint_Publications;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Track &#8216;Em Tigers:\u00a0 A Full Year of Auburn University Football Trivia.\u00a0 Five Points South, 2000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fantastic:\u00a0 Pleasant and Not-so-pleasant Memories from a University of Alabama Football Supporter.\u00a0 Five Points South Press, 1998.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0 Remember Paul &#8220;Bear&#8221; Bryant; Personal Memories of College Football&#8217;s Most Legendary Coach.\u00a0 Cumberland House, 2001.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Sportswriter. Born&#8211;Brewton, Al. Parents&#8211; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Browning. Married&#8211; Stacy Browning.\u00a0 Children&#8211;two. Education&#8211; Attended Snead State Junior College; University of Alabama, 1973. Sports writer for The Boll Weevil; worked for Standard-Coosa-Thatcher in Chattanooga; sports writer and sports editor for the Tuscaloosa News, 1977-83; sportswriter and editor for the Knoxville (Tennessee) News-Sentinel; free-lance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-c","category-authors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6714,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/6714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}