[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 14 (Tuesday, February 1, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S408-S409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO DR. EDMOND DYAS

 Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, it is appropriate that we take a 
moment to note the passing of Dr. Edmond Dyas of Mobile, AL, who was 
one of Alabama's most famous athletes and an accomplished orthopedic 
surgeon. Dr. Dyas first came to my attention when I was a young Boy 
Scout thrilled with the opportunity to have the chance to attend Auburn 
University football games as an usher. He was one of my first heroes. 
He was an Auburn team leader, a three-time Academic All American and 
All American, the Southeastern Conference's top running back in 1960, 
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set the NCAA record for career field goals, and he was selected as a 
member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. He finished fourth 
in 1960 in the Heisman Trophy balloting.
  I was at the game when he was pushed and injured hitting the bench 
with his face, causing him to miss the Alabama game, thus losing the 
opportunity to perhaps win the Heisman Trophy. I also was at Auburn for 
a famous Auburn-Georgia game. Georgia was led by Fran Tarkenton and Pat 
Dye, later Auburn's head coach. In that classic game, Ed Dyas hit three 
field goals and Durwood Pennington hit two. The final: 9 to 6.
  Ed was a superb surgeon, community leader, and family man. He fought 
his cancer like the champion he was. Our thoughts and prayers are with 
his wife Diane, four children, and seven grandchildren.

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