Tram Sessions

Tram Sessions (November 11, 1898 – January 24, 1984) was an American football center for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the University of Alabama. Sessions was selected All-Southern thrice. Sessions was the first secretary-treasurer of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.[1]

Tram Sessions
Alabama Crimson Tide
PositionCenter
ClassGraduate
Career history
CollegeAlabama (1917; 19191920)
Personal information
Born:(1898-11-11)November 11, 1898
Birmingham, Alabama
Died:January 24, 1984(1984-01-24) (aged 85)
Birmingham, Alabama
Career highlights and awards

Sessions represented Jefferson County, Alabama in the Alabama State House of Representatives from the 1940s to the 1960s. He sponsored a house resolution which called for a renewal of the long-suspended AlabamaAuburn rivalry, but it was voted down by the Alabama State Senate by a 21-9 vote.[2] Despite the setback, the football rivalry was renewed within the next five years.[3]

References

  1. "Alabama Sports Hall of Fame".
  2. "Tide, Auburn Resolution Loses". The Tuscaloosa News. May 30, 1945.
  3. "Resume Relationships After 40-Year Lapse". The Florence Times. May 8, 1948.


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