Meet The 2017 Class Of The Alabama Sports Hall Of Fame

By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.

Jimmy Tom Goostree didn’t always realize how good he had it growing up as the son of the late University of Alabama athletic trainer Jim Goostree.

“I lived a life that most kids can only dream of, just being around all those athletes at the university,” he said. “The life I was fortunate enough to have led is a byproduct of all his hard work.”

Jim Goostree’s hard work garners another benefit this weekend as he and others are honored at the 2017 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame induction. The induction banquet is Saturday night in the Birmingham Ballroom at the Sheraton Birmingham.Goostree goes into the hall along with Auburn basketball star Lee DeFore,  Alabama assistant football coach Ken Donahue, Birmingham native and Ole Miss football standout Jeff Herrod, former Jacksonville State and major league pitcher Todd Jones, Auburn football players Takeo Spikes and Carnell “Cadillac” Williams, and Alabama football player Kevin Turner.

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