Auburn University boasts a long and storied football history that includes one national championship, 13 Southeastern Conference championships, and two Heisman Trophy winners. Along with the wins, the Tigers have suffered heartbreak long lean periods and frustrating near-misses. Yet when former Auburn University football players recall their years at the school, wins and losses and even Iron Bowl memories often take a backseat to stories about the family the coaches, teammates, and friends that touched their lives and taught them lessons that remained important long after they played their final game for the school. In What It Means to Be a Tiger, fans can relive the up-and-downs of the past six decades and celebrate the traditions of Auburn football through the firsthand recollections of the men who toiled on the turf at Jordan-Hare Stadium. Author Ray Glier tracked down some of the greatest names in school history and asked them to share their fondest memories of playing in Auburn. The former Tiger greats profiled include coaching legend Vince Dooley, All-American fullback Tucker Fredrickson; Heisman Trophy winner Pat Sullivan; multisport star Bo Jackson; current NFL running back Ronnie Brown, and many more. In his foreword, Pat Dye looks back fondly on his amazing 11-year run with the Tigers, during which the team won 153 games and played in 10 bowls. While not every Auburn player enjoyed football success in the professional ranks, all learned important lessons from their experiences playing for the Tigers. Always something of an underdog compared to its better-known rival in Tuscaloosa, Auburn instilled in its players a spirit of hard work and loyalty that has served many of them well in their postcollegiate careers. The former players stories will remind readers of the value of persevering in the face of challenges and working as a team to achieve goals, themes that truly speak to what it means to be a Tiger. While sometimes overshadowed by its rival in Tuscaloosa, Auburn ranks as one of the great programs in college football, with one national championship and 13 SEC titles to its credit. Former players look back on their time in Auburn with fondness, recalling not only great games but also their sense of belonging to a family one whose ties lasted long after their final game. Auburn stars from past, including Vince Dooley, Tucker Fredrickson, Bo Jackson, Tracy Rocker, Ronnie Brown, and many more, share in their own words their fond memories of playing for the Tigers. Learn about the traditions of Auburn football, as well as the life-changing values they learned on the playing field pride, hard work, commitment to teammates, and much more in What It Means to Be a Tiger. Let me tell you, Bo Jackson would not have been able to do jack if it wasn t for his teammates and coaches. We won as a team, we lost as the team, we mourned as a team, we celebrated as a team. It was the team that gave the people of Auburn hope. Bo Jackson Auburn is a football-crazy school, and that s why you love playing there, because the support was always going to be there. Jason Campbell I ll tell you what it means to be a Tiger. If you are in that family, you will never be forgotten. You will always have somebody to call on. Larry Blakeney