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Revision as of 11:24, 30 August 2008
Todd Bates (born c. 1983 is a former University of Alabama and Tennessee Titans football player.
Bates, a native of Heflin and graduate of Cleburne County High School, has run the Todd Bates Football Skills Camp in Oxford since 2007. Bates was a defensive lineman for the Tide from 2001 (as a true freshman) until 2004 when he was a permanent captain.
In June 2008, Crimson Tide football strength and conditioning assistant coach, and former teammate, Freddie Roach asked Bates to write a poem to inspire the football team. The result, The Bama Way, has been featured on T-shirts, originally sold exclusively at Hibbett Sports. The five-stanza, 134-word poem is now a banner hanging in the office of UA strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran, and has been read to the team.
References
- Strickland, Bran (July 4, 2008) "More than camp: Ex-Heflin star Bates 'called to do' it." Anniston Star
- Rappaport, Ian R. (August 30, 2008) "'Bama Way' poem part of a popular T-shirt." Birmingham News
External links
- Todd Bates website