75th Anniversary All-Sun Bowl Team
Ronnie Estay
Defensive Tackle • LSU
1971 Sun Bowl
Anchored the nation's stingiest defense from his
defensive tackle position ... earned All-America honors in 1971 ... named the 1971
ABC Sports Defensive Player of the Year ... one of the quickest defensive linemen
ever to play at LSU ... during his junior year, he tackled both quarterbacks Pat
Sullivan of Auburn and Archie Manning of Ole Miss for safeties ... he was named a
first-team All-SEC selection by the AP and UPI in 1971 ... a runner-up for the
Lombardi Award in 1971 ... played in the CFL and USFL ... served as an assistant
coach at Evangel College and Liberty University ... currently coaching in the CFL
... member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, the Alberta Sports Hall of
Fame, and the Eskimos Hall of Fame ... inducted into the LSU Sports Hall of Fame
in 1988 and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2006 ... a native of LaRose, La.
1971 Sun Bowl