Panthers, Wofford celebrate 20 years of training camp; Richardson sculpture unveiled

[Panthers_Lover]

 

SPARTANBURG, S.C.  – Every summer since 1995, football fans from all over the country have staked their claim on a grassy hill above Wofford College’s football practice fields in the hopes of seeing stars.

 

This summer, for the 20th time, those fans – many now very seasoned in their fandom and bringing along a new generation – will flock to the campus to see a well-seasoned football team, the NFL’s Carolina Panthers. It’s a team that went from an expansion franchise awarded in 1993 and playing its first season in 1995 at Clemson’s Death Valley, to playing in Super Bowl XXXVIII in the 2003 campaign, to a two-decades-old team that boasts fans from around the world.

 

Without Jerry Richardson, a 1959 Wofford graduate and member of the board of trustees, none of it would be possible.

 

On Monday, May 12, the Wofford Board of Trustees honored Richardson, the only NFL owner to have played in the league, and recognized the upcoming 20th anniversary of summer training camp on the campus by dedicating a sculpture of Richardson. The sculpture, created by noted California artist Todd Andrews, stands on the patio of the Harley Room in the Richardson Physical Activities Building – depicting Richardson seeming to be ready to walk over to Gibbs Stadium to watch the Terriers – for which he also played – take on the next worthy opponent.

 

http://www.wofford.edu/newsroom/2014/Wofford-Panthers-celebrate-20-years-of-training-camp/

 

[@bonafidebanter]

Bless his heart.

[Panthers_Lover]

[xclr82xtc]

did do any rock shopping on that sculpture did they!  its cool jerry.. they say the chisel adds 20 lbs

[PantherBoy95]

This is great, and one of the few sculptures that looks like the actual person.

[BerryLoMein]

Needs more Bojangles

[shelbypanther]

[bleys]

 

have you ever met that guy superjthegreat?

[Cary Kollins]

Pretty sweet they got him in the "haters gonna hate" strut.

[Jangler]

^^^was making while you posted

 

 
 

[CelibatePimp]

Pretty sweet they got him in the "haters gonna hate" strut.

 

He strutting to bojangles or hardees?

[CelibatePimp]

^^^was making while you posted

 

 

 

 

I need to save this pix somewhere... Haters always gon hate!

[Rise of The Hive]

I love the strut I can hear Vince McMahon's "No Chance" playing when I look at it.

[DamnItJake!]

Do we get a free t-shirt this year at trading camp?

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