50 Days to Gator Football

In honor of the 50th day until Gator football, I have put together my list of the top 100 Gators. Here is my #50 to #101.

1. Nat Moore
2. Jeff Mitchell
3. Tom Shannon
4. David Williams
5. Rick Casares
6. Glenn Cameron
7. Jimmy Dubose
8. John L. Williams
9. Larry Libertore
10. James Jones
11. “The Great Wall of Florida”
    1. Lomas Brown
    2. Jeff Zimmerman
    3. Crawford Ker
    4. Phil Bromley
    5. Billy Hinson
    6. Scott Trimble
12. Forest K. “Fergie” Ferguson and Walter “Tiger” Mayberry
13. Jevon Kearse
14. Clifford Charlton
15. Jack Jackson
16. Fred Weary
17. Jabar Gaffney
18. Lito Sheppard
19. Jarvis Moss
20. Mike Degory
21. Percy Harvin
22. Chris Leak
23. Ahmad Black
24. Jeff Chandler
25. Gerard Warren
26. Johnny Rutledge
27. Taylor Jacobs
28. Travis McGriff
29. Zach Piller
30. Ray McDonald
31. Tony Lilly
32. Allen Trammell
33. Darrell Jackson
34. Cooper Carlisle
35. Godfrey Myles
36. Adrian White
37. Jeff Roth
38. Reggie McGrew
39. James Bates
40. Derrick Harvey
41. Don Gaffney
42. Leonard George and Willie Jackson Sr.
43. Brandon Siler
44. Reche Caldwell
45. Cornelius Ingram
46. Andre “Bubba” Caldwell
47. Lindy Infante
48. Louis Murphy
49. Elijah Williams
50. Deshawn Wynn
51. Wayne Pease
52. Bill Corry, Hubert Schucht, Harold Rowe, Buck Schindler, Elmer Ricau

60 Days to Gator Football: “The Great Wall of Florida”

I have been counting down the 100 greatest Florida Gator football players and coaches. #60 is “The Great Wall of Florida”.

“The Great Wall of Florida” consisted of Lomas Brown (Gator Great, All American, All SEC, Jacobs Trophy), Jeff Zimmerman (All American, All SEC), Crawford Ker (JUCO All American, 2nd team All SEC), Phil Bromley (All SEC), Billy Hinson, and Scott Trimble, a fearsome mass of offensive linemen that paved the way for John L. Williams and Neal Anderson to lead the mighty Gators to what was their first SEC championship (later stripped by the University). Many consider the 1984 squad as one of the three best ever fielded by the Gators, alongside the 1996 and 2008 teams.

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73 Days to Gator Football

73 – David Williams, T (1984-88)

David Wayne Williams of Mulberry, Florida, picked up right where Lomas Brown left off, becoming one of the top offensive tackles in the nation during his career. David played tackle under Galen Hall, where he was a pivotal part of the 9-1-1 team that would have been our first football SEC Championship in Gainesville. He was first team All-SEC his senior year, second team All-American in his junior and senior years, team captain in his senior year, and was named a University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
Gator Great in 1999.

75 Days to Gator Football

75 – Lomas Brown, T (1981-84)

Lomas Brown, Jr. of Miami, FL, is widely regarded as the best offensive lineman in UF history, best athletes in Florida high school history and among the best Gators at any position of all-time. Brown was a member of the Gator offensive line under Charley Pell and Galen Hall in the early 80’s that was affectionately referred to as “The Great Wall of Florida”. Joining him on the Great Wall of Florida were Phil Bromley, Billy Hinson, Crawford Ker and Jeff Zimmerman. With Kerwin Bell at QB and Neal Anderson and John L. Williams in the backfield, the 1984 Gators went 9-1-1 in what could have been our first SEC Championship. Years later, the University of Florida Athletic Association added Lomas Brown to the annals of the Hall of Fame as a Gator Great.