October 1947 SPORT Cover (Harry Gilmer, University of Alabama) Finish:24x30 Stretched Canvas ' Written in narrative style

' Written in narrative style and reading like a novel

The image was one of 61 that comprised The Italian Stallions exhibition

featuring female athletes on the SPORT covers that history never gave them

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October 1947 SPORT Cover (Harry Gilmer, University of Alabama) Finish:24x30 Stretched Canvas ' Written in narrative styleUniversity of Alabama football legend Harry Gilmer would grace the cover of the October 1947 issue of the SPORT Magazine. A mulit position star, Gilmer would lead Alabama to the 1946 Rose Bowl with a victory over USC. He would go on to be drafted with the first overall pick in 1948 NFL draft by Washington and was named a member of the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993. SPORT Magazine, which ran from 1946 to 2000, celebrated what its editors