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The File: '57 Auburn star's dark secret

Bobby Hoppe's fatal encounter on a dark Tennessee road changed his life

Originally Published: January 8, 2011
By Shaun Assael | ESPN the Magazine
Godwin LetterAuburn football preview from 1957. (Click to enlarge)

When the Auburn Tigers take the field against the Oregon Ducks for the BCS National Championship Game on Jan. 10, Sherry Hoppe will be rooting as fiercely for the Tigers as she did when her husband, Bobby, was alive.


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