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Our next story comes to us from the guy Sports Illustrated said was the greatest offensive lineman of all time. John Hanna was a two-time

All-American at the University of Alabama, was selected fourth overall by the New England Patriots

in the 1973 NFL draft. Hannah received nine Pro Bowl selections and was inducted into the

Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991.

Hannah shared this story first with 1819 News, a multimedia company for the state of Alabama.

Here's John Hannah sharing two moments in his life that pushed him towards excellence.

One story is from his youth, another from

his time spent under legendary coach Bear Bryant in Alabama. Let's take a listen.

In the fourth grade, I was nine years old in Canton, and there was two playgrounds, and

they were on terrace.

There's one upper terrace and the playground down below, and I was up on, down on the lower

terrace playing kickball with the bunch of guys.

And all of a sudden, about seven or eight guys on the top of the top terrace, started

serenade me with a song called and it went like this it says

fatty fatty two by four can't get through the kitchen door and uh so it hurt so i go home told my mom

about it uh mom call my dad.

Now, you know, most parents would either call the principal or call other parents.

Dad didn't do any of that.

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