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Buddy Nix
Football
(1958-1961)
Buddy Nix played fullback and
linebacker for West Alabama from 1957-1961. He was twice named
All-Conference and was president of the L-Club his senior year.
Nix was a graduate assistant football coach on the University of
Alabama’s 1961 National Championship team before spending eight
years as a high school coach. In 1969 Nix served as the
secondary coach at Carson-Newman before returning to UWA as the
defensive coordinator in 1970 and 1971. Nix helped lead the
Tigers to a 1971 NAIA National Championship. He would later
serve as a coach in various positions at Southern Mississippi,
Auburn and Louisiana State University.
Herbie Malone
Football
(1970-1973)
Herbie
Malone played defensive tackle for West Alabama from 1971-73,
and led the Tigers to a 1971 NAIA National Championship. Malone
was twice named All-GSC, three times tabbed All-Alabama Small
College and once named NAIA All-American. Malone was also named
GSC “Defensive Player of the Week” twice while at UWA. He missed
most of the 1973 season with a broken leg, but still signed a
free-agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons.
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