Adlai Trone

Adlai Trone

Adlai Marseille Trone, Jr (born August 19, 1977 in Birmingham) is a financial planner, math tutor, former football player, and candidate for Mayor of Birmingham in the 2013 Birmingham municipal election.

Trone, the son of Birmingham Department of Public Works director Adlai Trone, Sr, grew up in Birmingham and played little league football and baseball and participated in the Boys & Girls Club and Boy Scouts of America. He graduated from Hewitt-Trussville High School and was a walk-on and three-year letterman for the Auburn Tigers football team, starting all 11 games of his senior season at free safety. He missed the 1998 Peach Bowl due to a curfew violation.

Trone earned his bachelor's degree in finance and a master's in business administration at Auburn. He later earned a masters in financial planning at the University of Alabama.

Trone played for the Birmingham Steeldogs in 2000 and 2001. He started as a defensive specialist, but also played at wide receiver and returned kickoffs.

Trone opened a financial planning office in Auburn in 2007, but moved back to Birmingham in 2009. He tutors students in Birmingham City Schools and provides financial planning services through Ameriprise.

References

• Vergane, Mike (August 30, 2000) "Steeldogs Hope Trone Will Return One More." ArenaFootball2

External links

• Adlai Trone campaign website