[Old School Hound]

UK great, and Corbin Redhound legend, Calvin Bird wearing his #21 jersey for the Wildcats.  Calvin played for UK from 1958-60. He once said his proudest achievement was beating Tennessee all three years he played for UK.  In 1958 and 1959 , Calvin scored every single point that UK scored in those games, both wins.  I mean, EVERY. SINGLE. POINT, including the two-point conversions.  In the 1959 game, UK upset highly-favored Tennessee 20-0 . Calvin scored every point in the game, running for two TDs, returning a 63-yard punt for another, and scoring a two-point conversion. My grandfather said there was a sign hung from the underpass in Corbin to greet the Tennessee bus as it returned to Knoxville from Lexington(in 1959, there was no I-75, so travelers heading south had to travel 25 through Corbin).  The sign said:

" BIRD  20  ,   Tennessee  0  " 

Ouch! That's a BURN !


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Calvin was an All-American at UK and was the MVP of the All American All-Star Game his senior season. He was a charter member of the UK Athletics Hall of Fame.