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1933 LSU Football Hero -- "Burge's Miracle Catch"​

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 https://goldenrankings.com/lsupivotalmoments1933-1.htm

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"LSU enters the annual clash with Tulane with a 6-0-2 record. The Green Wave have won six and lost three and enter the game on a four-game winning streak. The crowd of 31,000 in Tulane Stadium on a beautiful fall day see the game. It started with Tulane's captain, Floyd Roberts…running into the corner of the end zone to make it Tulane 7 - LSU 0.

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With five minutes left in the second quarter....Tiger quarterback Abe Mickal whips a 22 yard pass to end Dennis "Pete" Burge. Abe drives over right tackle for 5 yards and a first down on the nine. LSU then goes backwards on two fumbles and a run that loses a yard. It's now 4th down -- "one of the most spectacular individual catching feats in LSU football history".

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With less than minute left in the half, Mickal takes the snap from his tailback position, fades back, and fires a line drive that seems destined to sail over the heads of a group of players in the end zone. Suddenly, right behind and between two defensive backs, LSU's Burge, the basketball center using his speed and leg-spring, leaps into the air, pulls the ball in with his right hand, and falls backwards on the ground with the ball securely clutched in his arms. Touchdown LSU!"

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Book no.1

Dennis "Pete" Burge - Biography 7

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