ASHOF class includes late NFL, Alabama player Kevin Turner

Published 10:16 am Wednesday, December 7, 2016

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The late Kevin Turner is being inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

Turner and fellow former NFL players Carnell Williams, Jeff Herrod and Takeo Spikes are part of the eight-person class announced Wednesday. They’ll be inducted on May 13, 2017.

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Turner was an Alabama team captain in 1991 who went on to play eight seasons in the NFL with the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. He died on March 24 after a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

The other inductees include former Auburn basketball player Lee DeFore; longtime Alabama defensive coordinator Ken Donahue; and former Alabama athletic trainer Jim Goostree, who died in 1999.

Former major league and Jacksonville State reliever Todd Jones will also be inducted.

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