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i By ERIKA JOHNSON
; Former USC halfback Alex
; Hawkins hasn't written "another
i one of those boring, hum-drum, as;
told-to books about a sports per;
son," the author said.
My Story (And I'm Sticking To
; It) has no sex, drugs or violence,"
I; Hawkins said.
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he said. "It is humorous, easy
; reading about a football person
; whose purpose is to entertain."
> Hawkins will be autographing
books in the University Bookstore
in Russell House from 2 to 3 p.m.
today.
; My Story begins at birth; well,
actually a little before birth. But
; have no fear. This is no tedious,
lengthy family history. Hawkins
tells of the West Virginian coal;
mining life, how his dad, Catfish,
; "danced away" the family inheri;
tance, and how his mom, Big Lou,
handled the family finances.
; Hawkins started his tough guy
; life at the eight-year-old "Junior
J Enforcer" on the block. He beat up
| kids who got out of line, but he
- admits he hates to fight After a
fight he always went somewhere to
cry.
At South Charleston High
School in West Virginia, Hawkins
lettered in basketball, baseball,
track and football.
When he was a senior at the
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that he was to find the two best
halfbacks he could. He said he had
already "signed the best halfback
in the nation, a boy named King
Dixon."
In August of 1955, Hawkins became
the second-best halfback and
signed to play for South Carolina
on full scholarship, $15 a month
for laundry and other enticing
violations.
"I wasn't quite sure what a
Gamecock was, but I was ready to
become one," he recalled.
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forward pass in the 1958 season,
but an end of the season loss to
Maryland kept the Gamecocks out
of the Orange Bowl. In protest,
Hawkins stopped going to class.
After the final game, he came
back to his dorm to find his bags
packed, and due to excessive absences,
he was no longer a student
In December 1958 Hawkins was
signed to the Green Bay Packers
and during the preseason was
traded to the World Champion
Baltimore Colts. From there,
Hawkins goes on to describe the
hectic, demanding and sometimes
comical life of a professional football
player.
Hawkins' description of 1950's
life at USC is only one-third of the
book.
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Carolina Life Editor
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Rhoden appropriately displayed
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