Grave of Bobby Bowden | Legendary Florida State College Football Coach
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Born in Birmingham, Alabama. Bowden was an outstanding football player at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham, and accepted a scholarship to play for the University of Alabama as a quarterback. He then returned to Birmingham after only one semester and eloped with his high school sweetheart, Ann Estock, on April 1, 1949
Bowden transferred to Howard College (now known as Samford University), where he played football, baseball, ran track and became a brother in Pi Kappa Alpha.
Bowden served as an assistant football coach and head track and field coach at Howard College (now known as Samford University) in Birmingham, Alabama from 1954-55. He left his alma mater to become athletic director as well as head football, baseball, and basketball coach at South Georgia College from 1956 to 1958. After a losing basketball season, Bowden fired himself as head coach. Bowden then returned to Howard as head coach, where he compiled a 31-6 record between 1959 and 1962.
In 1962, Bowden went to Florida State University as an assistant coach under Head Coach Bill Peterson. Bowden left Florida State in 1965 to go to West Virginia University (WVU) as an assistant under Jim Carlen. When Carlen left following the 1969 season to become head coach at Texas Tech, Bowden replaced him. Bowden then compiled a 42-26 record at WVU before returning to FSU as head coach in 1976.
Bowden made the move to become the head coach of the Florida State Seminoles in 1976 the same place where he had coached wrs because the climate was warmer than in Morgantown, and because Tallahassee was closer to Birmingham, Alabama, where his mother and mother-in-law both lived.
Bowden became very successful very quickly at Florida State. By his second year, Bowden faced rumors he would leave for another job; the team went 9-2.During 34 years as head coach he had only one losing season-his first, in 1976-and declined head coaching job offers from Alabama, Auburn, LSU, and the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons.
From 1987 to 2000, the Seminoles finished every season with at least 10 wins and in the top 5 of the Associated Press College Football Poll, and won the national championship in 1993 and 1999.
On July 21, 2021, it was reported that Bowden was diagnosed with a terminal medical condition. On July 23, his son reported that the condition was pancreatic cancer. He died the morning of August 8.
Record in coaching was 377-129-4 famous graves
It takes 1 year for the ground to settle before a headstone is put on. Thank you for sharing.
Is that just for Sweet Home, Alabama?
Rosemarie! My dad died a year ago and I was wondering why he had no headstone(that he paid for)when I visited a few weeks later! Now, after reading your comment, I understand why! Thanks!
Wow! Now I know why families wait a year before putting in a headstone.
Is that for certain places? My parents had their stone up before passing. Then both were buried there. It was never removed
I am a devout Gator fan. But Bobby Bowden in my opinion is the greatest college football coach that ever stalked the sidelines. For me to say that just proves the affect he had on people, not just players. He was genuine and pure. Had the hypnotic ability to sit on living room couches anywhere and convince innumerable Moma’s that he would not only watch after their boy, have him in church every week but turn him into a man before it was over.
Steve Spurrier please forgive me
Appreciate it!
Greatest Coach EVER.
This was touching: thank you for bringing it!
Such a great coach, leader and human. Helped so many young men become something they would not have without him. He is & will be missed for as long as there are people who remember him. He is one of the few that left the world a much better place. God Bless Mrs. Ann
Living in Tallahassee all my life, even getting a glimpse of the GOAT was special. I was a student at FSU during the 90s and remember being a Lady Scalphunter and being at an event and waiting for the elevator; the doors open and there he was! Mouth. Dropped. To. The. Floor! Took all I had in me to get him to sign my vest that day. Turned out later in life, I would live down the street from him in Killearn. Seeing him in his robe and slippers dragging the trash can was epic. Loved how you could drop anything off at his house, he would sign it, and leave for you to pick up. A piece of Tallahassee and FSU died the day he passed away. The tribute to hm at the Notre Dame game this past season was incredible!! Not a dry eye the entire game. Thank you for this video and can’t wait to see what the family creates for his headstone.
Thank you for sharing
You're doing a great job with it and it's very interesting as well, keep it rolling 👍👍
Honored to have been a participant in his last ever Bobby Bowden football camp .
Me and my buddie John Brown went to the summer of 84 Bobby Bowden football camp. Best time ever. John played for him for 4 years as offensive tackle. Bobby was the best.
Thats Seminole wind, it only makes audio better
Hé deserves an elaborate headstone with picture and marble slab
Great story about an Alabama legend. He shaped Florida State into a powerhouse program. Him and Steve Spurrier competed for years for the nations best athletes. Them and Miami dominated the college football landscape for 2 decades until Nick Saban came to Alabama.
I have watched Bobby Bowden since he came to Tallahassee
Damn Bobby 🤦🏽♂️RIP
As a massive FSU fan in part thanks to Bobby Bowden. It is a shame he doesn’t have more at his grave sight but I firmly believe he’s not there. He’s in Heaven with the true GOAT!! I look forward to chatting about “faith, family, and football” with him some day🍢🍢
When I went to Egypt in the late 80’s I saw those Sphinxes! You talk about some awesome and humongous burial sites! Them jokers are out of this world. It would be awesome to see Back Roads do a video on the pyramids in Egypt; but, there is to much unrest over there right now. Not safe!
I was a student from 94-98. His office was always open, even if he wasn't there. I went up to visit him twice. I never met him, but the fact that he allowed us access blew me away.
As was I and graduated in 1997. Living in Tallahassee all my life, even getting a glimpse of the GOAT was special. I remember being a Lady Scalphunter and being at an event and waiting for the elevator; the doors open and there he was! Mouth. Dropped. To. The. Floor! Took all I had in me to get him to sign my vest that day. Turned out later in life, I would live down the street from him in Killearn. Seeing him in his robe and slippers dragging the trash can was epic. Loved how you could drop anything off at his house, he would sign it, and leave for you to pick up. A piece of Tallahassee and FSU died the day he passed away. The tribute to hm at the Notre Dame game this past season was incredible!! Not a dry eye the entire game.
You'll have to do another video when his headstone is placed 👍
My grandpa died on the same day as Bobby Bowden. 08/24/1936- 08/08/21.
You gotta be a Bama fan.
Truly the greatest coach! He touched a lot of lives and off the field he touched many others plan and simple A GREAT MAN
It’s not good bye but I’ll see you soon bro Bobby!!!
Hes a good kid.... he's a good kid. Lol. Never gets old
Ole ball Coach, wish you were still here. FSU will never be the same.
I Loved Coach Bowden. God Bless Him 🙏& His Family🙏
I found out it take 9month before a grave settle
Coach Bowden is the reason I became a FSU fan. When they lost FSU that is on Thursday night to Virginia. They needed a TD to win and the on last play from 3-4 yds out FSU called a draw. They were stopped on the 1 inch line but I thought anyone with the balls to call a draw with the game on the line is my kind of coach as chessy as it sounds. Rest easy Coach
Bobby Bowden was a great coach and a great man. But I think you're talking about the direct snap to Warrick Dunn in 1995. That play call was actually made by offensive coordinator Mark Richt, not by Bowden.
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Your right about the offensive coordinator but 90% of the time the head coach will be blamed for the game. I love football and understand what ur saying about the coordinator. That game made me start watching more FSU games until I became a die hard Noles fan and a fan of Bobby Bowden. Have a nice day
A humble grave for a humble but great man. I am a FSU fan because of Coach Bowden.
It's a wonderful thing that you are doing.because they're deceased, doesn't mean that they should be forgotten. Thanks again ‼️✝️🛐☮️💜💟🙏
Great Video Backroads, Thank you for what u do for us by taking us along to places where other wise we would never probably see. Loved Bobby Bowdens teams he had at Florida State. Kinda sad to see The Seminoles struggle like they have in recent yrs. Appreciate you Backroads. 👍
That is really shocking no headstone
Great video enjoyed take care love from NC
He truly is legend and will surely be remembered and missed
Didn't know he passed away 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@Backroads I posted this video the other day in our large Facebook FSU fan page.... So the numbers and likes should be going up significantly... I always love your videos, but to us this was a very special video....
I did see the numbers spike. Thanks for posting. It helps the channel grow. Thanks again!
@@BackRoads1 no problem.... Next time you come to Florida I have a gravesite to take you to....
Bowden will be remembered as one of the best couches ever. I'm from Oklahoma and i watched the game between Florida State it was an awesome game. Thank you for the video.
I myself grew up in Oklahoma (Tulsa area) and I loved watching his teams over the years.
His headstone is probably going to be something special and I know with all the deaths the world has experienced, the makers are extremely behind.
Thank you for sharing!! A heck of an athlete and coach. Respectfully done, my friend. 🕊️❤️🙏
He was a great man! Thank you for sharing!
maybe the plot(s) was purchased years ago. maybe he is buried next to a relative. i couldn't read the marker next to him, on your video, did you?
I live like 10 minutes from Trussville, a lot of family buried there. I had no idea he was buried there, I'll go and pay my respects. My wife's dad is buried there on the gun range side, looks like he is close to that
Going by the looks of the other graves, that may be all they allow
The Ground has to settle about a year before a Fondation Can be poured for the Head stone . Then the head stone is set in place . I'm sure his family cares deeply for him you have to let the ground settle . RIP Bobby Bowden you're a good Christian and a Great coach !
I hope he gets an honorable head stone he was a great man and a great man of God go noles
Bobby is the best ever cfb coach’s and a great leader
As always a great video thanks for sharing and can't wait to have another live video to watch with you thank you
Loved Coach🙏🙏❤️❤️🙏
the first photo is Prime Time and Sue Hall, Bobby's personal secretary
🙋🏾♂️💭🍾🥂 FOREVER LEGACY MR BOWDEN ONE OF MY TOP FAVORITE COACHES OF ALL TIME 🙏🏾 TO THIS MAN HES DONE QUITE A BIT WHILE BEING ON THIS 🌏🌍🌎 GONE IN FLESH BUT LEGACY STILL SHINES LIKE A 💎
As a UM fan much respect to coach Bowden all ways a graceful and good person
Great content Back Roads. Love your videos. You never disappoint. You make it so interesting and I Thank You for that. I'm Grateful for you sharing all that you do. Great Job. God Bless You🙏❤
Bobby Bowden is still shining in his absence. Great Coach!
Another great video, I loved watching some of his great games especially the Miami games in the 80's . He was definitely a class act in my opinion.
The gun range is used by the Birmingham PD
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Some folks already set their headstones a years in advance so win they are buried there is no delay in setting a headstone. Some folks chose to be cremated. I learned from my spiritual leaders that is not biblical to be cremated even though folks have been doing the last 120 to 130 years.
My son Ryan Gilmer is buried there at Jeffetson Memorial.....did not know that Coach Bowden was interred there also. Thanks for sharing
Another great video... I do not follow College Football, so I am unaware of his name. I can totally see why he is legendary. That was very interesting.
Thank you for your research, and courteous way of presenting info.👏👏
What, you never heard of Bobby bowden Rhonda, your kidding right girl.
@@salvatoreturieo7128 No, I'm not.
I don't think that is his grave,
Hey brother! I appreciate the content. But please be cognizant that every time you move your video device to a different position, you lose audio, or it becomes inaudible.
I’ll be moving back there from California, (hopefully this summer to Georgia)…..maybe we’ll hook up!
You are awesome 👌 👏 👍
It takes awhile for monuments to be designed an carved an then ground has settle before they place an stone Brit will sink an possible broke an monument our very expensive I believe his family will definitely have a beautiful one for him
My late grandfather and Bobby were first cousins. I guess that would make Bobby & I first cousins, twice removed. Thanks for doing this. I belong to the Yankee faction of the Bowden family, so we don’t get down to the Deep South very often. So, we didn’t get to his funeral.
Im glad I could provide the way to visit. Sorry for the loss.
Bobby would be your 3rs cousin!
My mother passed away from pancreatic cancer a little over three months ago.
It's a terrible disease.
Shouldn't Coach Bowden have a headstone by now? How disrespectful!
University of Florida lost a few games to Florida State during Coach Bowdens reign.
The gun range you are taking about is the Birmingham police range
Not a Florida st fan Florida st football hasn't been the same since Bobby retired from Florida st
True. I did not like Jameis Winston, but that offense in 2013 was pretty amazing. Jimbo ran it into the ground after that Bama game where the QB broke his leg. Also, FSU was like 0-11 and 1-10 in the few years just before Bobby. My dad sold tickets at the stadium then so we went and sat in the end zone through all those losses. Hardly anyone was there and it got cold! Bobby's first skill player was Larry Key. Then, Big Bad Ron from Georgia on defense. Bobby and Bernie Sliger, the FSU president when I went there, did some songs together and an entire musical album was published. Of course, in 1987 or 88 the team came out with the Seminole Rap before the first game (Miami), when they were preseason #1. Bobby was so mad, but it was hilarious. Got beat like 31-0 or so, then won the rest of our games, but I think Miami went on to the NC. Would have loved a rematch at the end of that season.
A great Christian Man!
Why criticize a grave site? Not a knock on the family? You surely made it sound like it was. Sour beginning of your presentation. You owe apologies to the family. My thoughts of this presentation continually go back to your opening remarks. Opening remarks for any presentation set the stage for what is remembered by your audience. And you continued with disparaging remarks. It is none of your business as to why the family has not yet provided a suitable head stone. The Bowden family is highly thought of and Bobby and his wife have done so very much for so many during their lives. You should be ashamed of yourself. This is a terrible presentation and I am sure it is hurtful to the family in so many ways. Apologize publicly. The sooner the better. Earl Baker, Lt Col. US Air Force, Ret.
Biden is the President. Bowden is the FSU Coach this video is about.
@@sharonfoster9427 What's the got to do with anything. Bobby would not have supported Biden. Biden is a criminal and one of the biggest racists there is.
A losing record to every cane coach with a NC. Count em, 4. 2-3 in NC games. Sept 89, he has a choice, join the SEC or ACC. And the rest is history and we know why. Funny man though.
Also had the most consecutive top 5 teams in history and the longest bowl winning streak in NCAA history. I knew Deion would go to the funeral. Bobby always said Deion was the best pure athlete he ever had. Mickey Andrews, the defensive coordinator, said Deion practiced harder than anyone. That's why we loved Deion at FSU. He walked the talk. Our favorite game was really two games. In 1993-94, Danny Kanell brought FSU back to a 31-31 tie with UF after being behind 31-3 with about 14 minutes left in the game (The Choke at Doak). We had 50 yard line seats that year. Both UF and FSU played the fifth quarter in the French quarter at the Sugar bowl and FSU finished the job. The drive back on I-10 passing all those UF fans was priceless. Most fun loss was playing Vinny Testaverde in a night game. We would get them into 3rd and 30 situations repeatedly and that guy would complete a long pass. Gutsiest play had to be the puntrooski against Clemson. Also, Steve Spurrier never won a game in Tallahassee. 1981 was the year Bobby became the King of the Road beating Michigan, Ohio State, LSU, Florida and others on the road. Craziest game to me was in a monsoon played at LSU with Casey Weldon and Brad Johnson at quarterback in 1991. FSU was undefeated at the time and lost several key players including two offensive linemen including the center for the season one week before FSU had to play Miami and UF back to back. Although FSU beat LSU that night, the injuries were too much and we lost both of the last two games by just a few points. Wide right one was the Miami loss. Casey Weldon's shoe came off and he had to down the ball in one of the last plays. Then, in the UF game, I believe the loss was 14-9 and Weldon had bandages all over him by the end. That was the gutsiest team that didn't win it all. I remember Bobby and FSU played Alabama early in his stint, maybe in 78-79 or so. FSU barely lost, but Bobby put the fear of God in Alabama in that game with his great offensive mind. I remember it being said by their coach that they would never play FSU again and they didn't until long after that coach was gone. We miss you Bobby. You were a great person as well as a great coach. We love Mickey Andrews as well for his great defenses during this era.
@@ds3333 All we knew is what we knew in 89. He had losing record against the SEC and a winning record against the ACC.
From that point forward does that 89 decision make sense? Yes, bec most of the time in the really big games, he came up short.
@@mas5867 You act like he made the decision unilaterally. I highly doubt that was the case. I'm done arguing with a canes fan.
That’s sad, and it doesn’t take a year to do a stone or monument
I really enjoy videos of people talking and walking around cemeteries, what a damn joke
He gives alot of good history about the deceased. Nothing unusual.