University of Minnesota Athletics
Carter, Hamilton Named to 75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team
7/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
EL PASO, Texas -- The Sun Bowl Association has announced that 75 players have been named to the 75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team to commemorate the bowl game's Diamond Anniversary. Included in those 75 honorees are two Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Former Gopher defensive back Tyrone Carter and center Ben Hamilton were each named to the squad. Carter recorded 18 tackles against Oregon in the 1999 Sun Bowl. Carter's total tackles versus the Ducks account for the most stops in the last 15 years of the Sun Bowl. Ben Hamilton was the starting center for Minnesota in the 1999 Sun Bowl. He was a two-time All-American, a four-year starter and was regarded as one of the best centers ever to play for the Gophers.
"The Sun Bowl Association has a long history of providing a quality postseason bowl game experience for players, coaches, administrators and fans," said Sun Bowl President Joe E. Valenzuela. "These 75 players reflect that experience and those memories. This is a way for the Sun Bowl to honor those who have left those lasting memories for El Pasoans, as well as fans everywhere."
The Brut Sun Bowl, the nation's second oldest bowl game, has had 75 different programs compete in the game, which is more than any other bowl in the nation.
"Over the years, the Sun Bowl has seen so many great individual achievements on the football field, we felt it was only right to honor those that gave it their all," said Bernie Olivas, executive director of the Sun Bowl Association. "Our panel, which included members of the media and Sun Bowl officials, worked diligently to honor those who excelled in the Sun Bowl. But as always you cannot honor everyone and there were some great players that we not on the list. I am really excited how this project turned out. If nothing more, this makes for a great conversation piece for fans of college football."
In all, 41 of the 75 teams that have participated in the Brut Sun Bowl over the last 74 years are represented on the squad.
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