James Marcus “Lindy” Hood was born July 30, 1907 in Collinsville. High school multi-sport star and salutatorian of his senior class. He went to University of Alabama to play football. But it was in basketball that he earned a place in sports history. He was the first player at Alabama to earn All American honors. He also lettered in football, baseball and track. He set a discus record in track. Lindy got his nickname while on a basketball trip to New Orleans to play Tulane. He entered a hotel lobby where a crowd was waiting on the arrival of the world-famous Charles Lindbergh. The crowd mistook Hood for the celebrity aviator and mobbed him. After that he was always “Lindy” Hood.
