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1, 2
Finish of Hueytown's Bobby Allison and his son Davey in the 1988
Daytona 500.

4
Gold medals won at a single Olympics by Jesse Owens (1936) and
Carl Lewis (1984), both of whom--like boxing great Joe
Louis--were born in Alabama but moved away as youths.

5
NCAA swimming titles won by Auburn since 1997; the Tigers' men's
and women's squads are the defending national champions.

12
National football championships won by the Crimson Tide in the
team's 109 seasons.

114
Strikeouts by Hall of Fame infielder and Titus native Joe Sewell
in 7,132 at bats, giving him the lowest career strikeout rate of
any major leaguer (minimum 1,500 at bats).