The Billy Cannon story is unlike any other in college football history. From Heisman Trophy winner to federal prisoner to prison dentist – this is the full story of LSU’s most complicated legend.
Billy Cannon’s 89-yard Halloween night punt return in 1959 is one of the most famous plays in LSU Football history. But the goal line stand that followed? That’s what truly saved the game. This documentary explores the rise, fall, and redemption of the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner who became a federal felon before finding peace in America’s bloodiest prison.
From the humid night in Baton Rouge when he broke seven tackles to the day FBI agents watched him dig up $2.2 million in fake hundreds, Billy Cannon lived multiple lifetimes. His story proves that while a moment can make you a legend, it takes a lifetime to become a man.
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