Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Guide
Thursday, November 10, 1960, page 9 (of 15)
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Touchdown! Touchdown! The 'Tommy' Roars
"Touchdown Tommy" was born into University of Miami football tradition in 1935 when an excited cheerleader began firing a pistol into the air to celebrate each Hurricane touchdown. Today, "Tommy" is a 10 gauge cannon. In contrast to his forebearer he shoots blanks - but he's no less dangerous, Tommy has raised inadvertent havoc on many occasions. His gunners for the last decade have been the boys of Sigma Chi social fraternity, a trigger-happy bunch, as Tom's record proves. Frustrated by one game in the early 40's in which the Miami gridders didn't score once, Tommy went off "accidentally" in a hotel lobby. Again, a few years ago, Tommy let loose two salvos in the midst of a post-game Orange Bowl traffic jam. Of late, however, the tradition has been altered to prevent this expression of frustration. Tommy boms several times each game, wheather Miami scores or not. He salutes the players as they trot on and off the field. Tommy's primary purpose, however, is to celebrate touchdowns. And this has led to additional embarrassment. In a 1958 game, Tommy went off in the ear of a Miami end just as he grabbed a pass in the end zone. The startled player dropped the ball. Tommy also ranks among his victims several referees, reporters and photographers by the dozen and even this year Athletic Director Jack Harding. "We yelled for him to get out of the way," this year's gunner Brad Hubert explains. "But he didn't hear us." Harding heard Tommy's report however, and jumped "about three feet in the air" coming down in a cloud of Tommy's smoke, unharmed but red-faced. Tommy has had its cultural fling too. In 1942 it lent realism to an interpretation of Tschaikovsky's 1812 Overture by the UM Symphony Orchestra. Tommy has the run of the Orange Bowl turf in order to be able to get right up on the action. Consequently it often sneaks up behind unwary photographers and policeman on the field. "They usually laugh at us when we tell them to get out of the way,"Hubert says. "But it only takes once ..." "Touchdown Tommy" has an authoritative speaking voice. He hopes to do a lot of talking Saturday night. University of Miami has kicked eight of nine extra points after touchdowns, clicked on three of four two point tries. EACH TIME Miami scores "Touchdown Tommy" booms. Bob Rankin ('60) watches here with his hand on the lanyard. - Photo by David Cupp.
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