Biography:

Sports publicist and promoter; legendary Alabama football fan. Born– Sumter County, 1876. Education– University of Alabama. Christened the University’s band, “The Million Dollar Band”. Founded the Blue-Gray Game held annually in Montgomery; donated and named the Pickens Trophy awarded to SEC football champions.

Source:

Alabama Public Library Service files,

Publication(s):

A Rebel in Sports. New York; A. E. Barnes, 1956.