Next to the Stadium might also be a good place.

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I can remember a few years after Singletary played here there was a trophy case in the Union Bldg to supposedly honor him. It displayed a BU jersey # 53. I don't know what to think of that.

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Yes, I know. I can't imagine who would have put up # 53.

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The barber in the SUB?

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Impossible. Norman Gilchrest was a huge fan. He knew the difference.

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Yeah, I know, but he'd be the fall guy.

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The barber I remember in the UB was Claude Pryor.

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How about Claude "Ervin"--owner, operator

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Could be. Been a few years.

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My bad on names. ERVIN DAVIS was the barber back in the day.. Norman (Gilchrest ??) was the #2 chair.

(My "Claude Ervin" brain fart is the name of a really great guy who was head of HP at Baylor)

Mike Singletary:

All American

Pro Football Hall of Fame

In the top 100 football players - Sporting News

Singletary exemplifies Baylor's mission: Christianity/Excellence/ Intense Focus/ Leadership

Why shouldn't he be honored?

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Is John Eddie a 3 time Collegiate All-American and in the College Football HOF?
Did he play in the NFL and make the Pro-Bowl 7-8 times, win a Super Bowl, 2 time DEFENSIVE PLAYER of the YEAR in the NFL and make it to the NFL Football Hall of Fame in the first year of eligibility?
Can't seem to find anything about John Eddie's Collegiate or NFL career on Google so enlighten me Sic Em.

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I'm not going to debate the college or NFL careers of Singletary vs Williams. I heard an interview a few years ago with Williams talking about the influence of Teaff on his life and legal (???) career. Pretty amazing story. His athletic accomplishments sure don't give reason to honor him, but as a Bear, what he's done with his athletic scholarship is inspiring.

I wish someone could find it so everyone could hear it.

I'm for a Singletary statue. For sure!

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Is John Eddie a 3 time Collegiate All-American and in the College Football HOF?
Did he play in the NFL and make the Pro-Bowl 7-8 times, win a Super Bowl, 2 time DEFENSIVE PLAYER of the YEAR in the NFL and make it to the NFL Football Hall of Fame in the first year of eligibility?
Can't seem to find anything about John Eddie's Collegiate or NFL career on Google so enlighten me Sic Em.

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I'm not going to debate the college or NFL careers of Singletary vs Williams. I heard an interview a few years ago with Williams talking about the influence of Teaff on his life and legal (???) career. Pretty amazing story. His athletic accomplishments sure don't give reason to honor him, but as a Bear, what he's done with his athletic scholarship is inspiring.

I wish someone could find it so everyone could hear it.

I'm for a Singletary statue. For sure!

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I' ve always heard John Eddie is a good man. I'm just thankful he loved Baylor enough to give back in a big way. Thank you John Eddie.

Wasn't Norman Gilchrist a PE prof?

John Eddy had to work hard, become financially successful enough, and loyal enough to Baylor to give $1000's and $1000's to the Stadium project, unlike Darrel Royal, who I guess just had their field arbitrarily named for him without his financial contribution. Do the statue.

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Wasn't Norman Gilchrist a PE prof?

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Yes. There was a Norman Gilchrest who was a professor. He used to trade with me. He died a few years back.

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Yes. There was a Norman Gilchrest who was a professor. He used to trade with me. He died a few years back.

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Was that "Stormin' Norman," who had oversight of the intramural program?

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Yes.
Different Norman though. I had Dr. Gilchrest and Norman and Ervin cut my hair



See obituary below.





Ervin Davis was a fixture in the SUB barbershop for more than 50 years

WACO, Texas (March 12, 2018) Ervin Davis, the former campus barber who cut the hair of thousands of Baylor University students, faculty and staff for more than 50 years, died Friday in Waco. He was 92.

Funeral services for Davis were held March 12 in Waco. He was a member of Meadowbrook Baptist Church.

A U.S. Army veteran of World War II and recipient of two Bronze Stars, Davis began his barbering career on Feb. 20, 1955, at the barbershop on the first floor of the SUB. He served the campus community until the shop's eventual closing on Dec. 16, 2011, then continued to serve customers at a shop near the Baylor campus until his death.

Davis and Norman Gilchrest barbered a collective 102 years in Baylor's barbershop. When the shop closed, both retired, marking the end of an era for the university.

In a Baylor University story from 2011, Davis and Gilchrest said their work was more than just cutting and trimming hair. They developed a lifetime of friendships.

Davis said Baylor's barbershop opened in 1948, but it wasn't until a friend recommended him to the shop that he applied for the position.

"Another barber friend recommended me to Ms. Mathis (Marie Mathis, director of the SUB during the 1950s), who ran the building at that time," Davis said. "I came and talked to her and she begged me to take it (the job), so I did. I came and lived happily ever after."

Gilchrest met Davis 10 years later through a mutual friend.

"The first time I met him (Davis), I was still in barber school," Gilchrest said. "The man who owned the barber school brought me down here right before I went to finish and introduced me to Mr. Davis, and thought I would fit in good here."

But the day Gilchrest received his barber certification, he also received a military notice. Gilchrest filled in for barbers in a shop in the former Lake Air Shopping Center until he was called to basic training for the United States National Guard. When he returned, Davis was waiting with an offer.

"When I came back, I heard Mr. Davis had been trying to get in touch with me and wanted to know if I wanted to come down (to Baylor), and he offered me the job," Gilchrest said.

"It's been a perfect fit," Davis added.

While the two men enjoy teasing each other, one thing they take seriously are the friendships they've created while at Baylor.

"Through all of it, the most important thing to me is developing all the close - emphasis on close - friendships, which to me is something you can't buy if they're true friends," Davis said. "And I would consider that I have discovered a lot of true friends."

Dr. Norman "Buddy" Gilchrestr

https://wacotrib.com/obituaries/gilchrest-dr-norman-l/article_f782ed82-a1ab-589b-a7db-e8f5745e868e.html

Both men cut my hair many times while I was at Baylor. After I graduated, I would sometimes visit ghe campus and Norman would cut my hair for old times sake - he actually remembered me. We had great conversations about people like Mike Singletary, who is worthy of his own statue along side RG III and Grant Teaf. (It is not as if only one cane have a statue and another cannot).

Just trying to tie it all back together.

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Dan Rather is no longer relevant and is nearly as senile as Joe Biden

John Eddie was a Teaff recruit and earned his scholarship plugging away on the practice squad during the mid-1970s. . Teaff told John Eddie that he would probably never see the field but that the team needed high character people around the team. He was awarded a scholarship and graduated with honors both undergraduate and law school.

John Eddie returned to Houston and was one of the pioneers in asbestos litigation. In the 1990s, he was one of the Dream Team lawyers that represented the State of Texas against big Tobacco, along with Walter Umphrey (note the name of the law school building).

Baylor sold the naming rights to the field to him. News at 11.

Could you talk a little bit about the relationship between Baylor and and the city of Waco? I never really considered it until they reported how RGIII was making Showbox jiofi.local.html tplinklogin efforts to do...something? Help integrate Baylor with Waco?