Rich Wingo, Former Alabama Linebacker
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2018
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Episode 214
Rich Wingo played linebacker for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 1976-78. He was selected in the 7th round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers, where he would play 6 seasons at Lambeau Field from 1979-1984.
A former assistant coach with the Crimson Tide from 1987-89, Wingo was part of that 1978 Alabama national championship team that won the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 1979 and famously stopped Penn State in a fourth quarter goal line stand to ultimately prevail 14-7.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Rich about this current Alabama team of 2018 and how good they really are. We also hear Rich's powerful testimony of coming to faith in Christ while he was playing in the NFL with the Packers. Wingo also shares the story of his college coach "Bear" Bryant kicking him off the 1977 team and the amazing lesson he learned from that incident.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.7 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with |
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| 1:13.4 | Rich Wingo is our guest here on the podcast today. |
| 1:19.9 | Rich, a former Alabama linebacker, played with the Crimson Tie from 1976 to 1978, |
| 1:26.4 | and he was a member of that 1978 National Championship team 40 years ago in the 40th anniversary being celebrated this year for that |
| 1:29.1 | team and rich was a part of that 1979 sugar bowl january first 1979 number two |
| 1:35.7 | Alabama against number one penn state Alabama wins 14 to 7 that famous goal line stand if you go |
| 1:42.8 | on youtube and watch it, you'll see. |
| 1:44.3 | It's a memorable play in the history of Alabama football. |
| 1:47.9 | And Rich Wingo was a part of that stop on that goal line stand |
| 1:51.5 | and ultimately a member of that team that won a national championship with Alabama. |
| 1:56.3 | He was then selected in the seventh round of the 1979 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers, |
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