T. S. Sims was a college football player.

Alabama

Sims was a prominent

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for the Alabama Crimson White of the

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1905

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. A number of Alabama turnovers kept the game scoreless through halftime. Sims scored the first touchdown and

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added a 95-yard return for a touchdown. Sims also scored the first touchdown of the 30 to 0 victory over Auburn in what was then the largest crowd ever to see a game in Birmingham (4,000) with an 18-yard run. He was selected All-Southern in 1905.

1906

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, Auburn protested he was an illegal player. The protest was heard by the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, but it was denied.

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