Longtime Ole Miss football radio analyst Lyman Hellums passes away
SUN HERALDJuly 8, 2015
Ole Miss lost another sports legend here Saturday with the passing of Lyman Hellums, 89, who served for 41 years as color analyst of the Rebels' Football Radio Network. His funeral was Tuesday.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Jeanette; sons Cliff (Cavette) and Paul Sheffield (Laurie); daughters Kaye Byrd (Eddie) and Rita Campbell (Don); eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Hellums started doing color commentary for Ole Miss football games on radio in the fall of 1955. Over the next 41 years, he worked with eight play-by-play announcers and six head coaches as his voice became a weekly companion for Ole Miss football fans for more than 400 games. His final game in the broadcast booth was Nov. 25, 1995 in Starkville when the Rebels defeated Mississippi State 13-10.
Hellums, who attended Ole Miss in 1945 and 1946 on the GI Bill, spent 15 years in radio and television before entering private business. His radio experience also included broadcasting football at Lake Charles (La.) High School, Rice University, Central High School in Jackson, and Hinds Junior College.
His first play-by-play partner at Ole Miss was Maury Ferrell, then Art Metzler. In 1959, Hellums teamed with Bill Goodrich for five of the greatest seasons in college football history as Coach John Vaught's Rebels were 46-4-3 and earned a share of three national championships.
In 1996, Hellums was named an honorary member of the Ole Miss M-Club. Hellums and Torgerson were both honored in 2000 by the Ole Miss Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame with its Contribution to Amateur Football Award.
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SUN HERALDJuly 8, 2015
Ole Miss lost another sports legend here Saturday with the passing of Lyman Hellums, 89, who served for 41 years as color analyst of the Rebels' Football Radio Network. His funeral was Tuesday.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Jeanette; sons Cliff (Cavette) and Paul Sheffield (Laurie); daughters Kaye Byrd (Eddie) and Rita Campbell (Don); eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Hellums started doing color commentary for Ole Miss football games on radio in the fall of 1955. Over the next 41 years, he worked with eight play-by-play announcers and six head coaches as his voice became a weekly companion for Ole Miss football fans for more than 400 games. His final game in the broadcast booth was Nov. 25, 1995 in Starkville when the Rebels defeated Mississippi State 13-10.
Hellums, who attended Ole Miss in 1945 and 1946 on the GI Bill, spent 15 years in radio and television before entering private business. His radio experience also included broadcasting football at Lake Charles (La.) High School, Rice University, Central High School in Jackson, and Hinds Junior College.
His first play-by-play partner at Ole Miss was Maury Ferrell, then Art Metzler. In 1959, Hellums teamed with Bill Goodrich for five of the greatest seasons in college football history as Coach John Vaught's Rebels were 46-4-3 and earned a share of three national championships.
In 1996, Hellums was named an honorary member of the Ole Miss M-Club. Hellums and Torgerson were both honored in 2000 by the Ole Miss Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame with its Contribution to Amateur Football Award.
Read more here: http://www.sunherald.com/2015/07/08/6313337_longtime-ole-miss-football-radio.html?rh=1#storylink=cpy
