Tram Sessions (November 11, 1898 – January 24, 1984) was an

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center for the

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of the

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. Sessions was selected All-Southern thrice. Sessions was the first secretary-treasurer of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Sessions represented

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in the

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from the 1940s to the 1960s. He sponsored a house resolution which called for a renewal of the long-suspended Alabama–Auburn rivalry, but it was voted down by the Alabama State Senate by a 21-9 vote. Despite the setback, the football rivalry was renewed within the next five years.

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