Coach Gene Lorendo: The "Rough & Tough" Right-Hand Man for Shug Jordan at Auburn for 25 Years. Presenting the first biography of this legend and giant of Auburn football, filled with stories of his amazing exploits: * How Gene Lorendo went from a no-star to a 5-star football player. * Led the SEC in pass receiving at Georgia in 1949. * Was a 3-sport athlete at Georgia, lettering in football, basketball and track. * Played in three bowl games: Sugar, Gator and Orange. * Was drafted by the Green Bay Packers. * Played professional basketball in the National Basketball League. * Played eight seasons of football at four different colleges. * Was an assistant coach at Auburn for 25 years under legendary Coach Shug Jordan. * Lorendo's son Mac was a captain and all-SEC offensive tackle on the 1972 "Amazins"/Punt Bama Punt team. *Served in the US Coast Guard in World War II with stops at Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the surrender of Japan. * Recruited and coached Pat Sullivan, All-American and Heisman Trophy winner. * Coached the receivers for Auburn during the 1957 national championship year. Introduction by former Auburn Athletics Director David Housel. With this book, based on dozens of interviews with those who knew him best and filled with rousing and fascinating tales of Lorendo's amazing exploits on and off the field of play, Kenneth Wayne Ringer has given us the definitive biography of one of the greatest "Auburn men" of all time.
Kenneth Wayne Ringer is a native of Rome, Georgia and is a graduate of Rome High School. He entered Auburn University and the College of Engineering in 1955, and was the sports editor of the Auburn Glomerata (annual) in 1957 when Auburn won the national championship in football. There, he met Joyce Reynolds, whom he married after graduating in 1959 with a degree in Industrial Management. He received an ROTC commission in the US Army and served for three years in Germany. Most of his business career was in sales. He joined 3M Company in 1968 as a sales representative and had a successful career with one of America’s great companies. He retired from 3M in 2000 as an account executive after 33 years. After retiring, he returned to the business world to join his friend, Jim Thompson, and his company, Thomco, as sales manager for three years. In 2003, the Ringers moved to Auburn, Alabama where they are enjoying retired life. The Ringers have three sons; Paul, John, and Patrick. They have three grandchildren; Alexandra, Gabrielle, and Ethan.
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