Billie Scott Suber (born September 26, 1934) was an

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player. Suber was born and raised in

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(first in Derma and then in Calhoun City), where his father worked in a saw mill. He attended

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and played

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at the

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position for the

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team under head coach

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. Suber was selected by the

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as a first-team player on its

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. After leaving Mississippi State, he served in the military and later had a career with what became Renesant Bank in

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. He was inducted into the

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in 1993.

References

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