Abner Bigbie
Full Name:  Abner Daniel Bigbie
     Born:  January 14, 1938, Lyons, Ga.
     Died:  June 24, 2009, Tavares, Fla.
   School:  Palm Beach High School in West Palm Beach, Florida


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FSU Career
Football
Year  No  Pos     Hgt  Wgt  Cl  Ltr  Hometown
1957  63  G       5-10 185  So   *   West Palm Beach             
1959  68  G       5-10 185  Jr-R *   West Palm Beach             
1960  68  G       5-10 183  Sr-R *   West Palm Beach             


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Abner Bigbie Obituary
Published by The Palm Beach Post on Jun. 27, 2009.

Abner Daniel Bigbie, 71, of Altoona, FL passed away on Thursday, June 24, 2009 in Tavares, FL. Born in Lyons, GA, he moved to Altoona from Summerfield in 2006, before that Mr. Bigbie lived in West Palm Beach, FL. He played football for FSU before becoming an Industrial Arts teacher and coach for 32 years. He is survived by his wife: Pam, Altoona, FL; sons: Abner Bigbie, Jr., West Palm Beach, FL and Michael Bigbie, Tallahassee, FL; brothers: Donnie Bigbie, West Palm Beach, FL, Charlie Bigbie, Keystone Heights, FL, and Sammy Bigbie, Live Oak, FL; sister: Evelyn Peoples, West Palm Beach, FL; three grandchildren.



FSU Statistics
Football
Season Statistics
Defense
         |       Tackles        |   Sacks  |    Fumble    |     Pass Defense    | Blkd |   PAT Attempts  |        |         |    |
Year  GP |  ua   a Tot  tfl-yds |   no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick |   kick  rsh rcv |   fg   | saf dxp | td | pts
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
1957   8 |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0   0   0  |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
1959  10 |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  1-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0   0   0  |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
1960  10 |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0   0   0  |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
---------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot   28 |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  1-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0   0   0  |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Offense/Kick and Punt Returns
         |       Rushing        |      Receiving       |         Passing          |     Kick Returns      |     Punt Returns      |  all
Year  GP |  no  yds  avg td lg  |  no  yds  avg td lg  | cmp- att-int  yds td lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  | purp
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
1957   8 |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-  0 - 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    0
1959  10 |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-  0 - 0     0  0     |   1    8  8.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    8
1960  10 |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-  0 - 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    0
---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot   28 |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   1    8  8.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    8
Football
Game Participation
                            |      Starts
1957                        | GP  Off  Def
----------------------------|--------------
Oct  5 Villanova            |  1  RG   RG  
Oct 12 North Carolina State |  1  RG   RG  
Oct 19 Abilene Christian    |  1  RG   RG  
Oct 26 Virginia Tech        |  1  RG   RG  
Nov  8 Miami                |  1  RG   RG  
Nov 16 Mississippi Southern |  1  RG   RG  
Nov 23 Auburn               |  1  RG   RG  
Nov 30 Tampa                |  1  RG   RG  
----------------------------|--------------
Tot                         |  8   8    8

                            |      Starts
1959                        | GP  Off  Def
----------------------------|--------------
Sep 19 Wake Forest          |  1           
Sep 26 Citadel              |  1           
Oct  3 Miami                |  1           
Oct 10 Virginia Tech        |  1           
Oct 17 Memphis State        |  1  RE   RE  
Oct 24 Richmond             |  1  RE   RE  
Oct 31 Georgia              |  1  RE   RE  
Nov 14 William & Mary       |  1           
Nov 21 Florida              |  1           
Nov 28 Tampa                |  1           
----------------------------|--------------
Tot                         | 10   3    3

                            |      Starts
1960                        | GP  Off  Def
----------------------------|--------------
Sep 17 Richmond             |  1  LG   LG  
Sep 24 Florida              |  1  LG   LG  
Oct  1 Wake Forest          |  1  LG   LG  
Oct  8 Citadel              |  1  LG   LG  
Oct 15 Mississippi Southern |  1  LG   LG  
Oct 22 William & Mary       |  1  LG   LG  
Oct 29 Kentucky             |  1  LG   LG  
Nov  4 Miami                |  1  LG   LG  
Nov 12 Houston              |  1  LG   LG  
Nov 19 Auburn               |  1  LG   LG  
----------------------------|--------------
Tot                         | 10  10   10

----------------------------|--------------
Career Tot                  | 28  21   21
Football
Game Statistics
                            |       Tackles        |   Sacks  |    Fumble    |     Pass Defense    | Blkd |   PAT Attempts  |        |         |    |
1957                        |  ua   a Tot  tfl-yds |   no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick |   kick  rsh rcv |   fg   | saf dxp | td | pts
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Oct 19 Abilene Christian    |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  1  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Nov 23 Auburn               |   2   2   4  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot                         |   2   2   4  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  1  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |  0    0 |  0 |   0

                            |       Tackles        |   Sacks  |    Fumble    |     Pass Defense    | Blkd |   PAT Attempts  |        |         |    |
1959                        |  ua   a Tot  tfl-yds |   no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick |   kick  rsh rcv |   fg   | saf dxp | td | pts
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Sep 26 Citadel              |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct  3 Miami                |   1   0   1  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct 24 Richmond             |   0   0   0  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  1-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot                         |   1   0   1  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  1-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |  0    0 |  0 |   0

                            |       Tackles        |   Sacks  |    Fumble    |     Pass Defense    | Blkd |   PAT Attempts  |        |         |    |
1960                        |  ua   a Tot  tfl-yds |   no-yds | ff fr-yds-td | int-yds-td qbh brup | kick |   kick  rsh rcv |   fg   | saf dxp | td | pts
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Sep 24 Florida              |   5   0   5  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Oct 22 William & Mary       |   3   0   3  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
Nov  4 Miami                |   4   4   8  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |   0   0 |  0 |   0
----------------------------|----------------------|----------|--------------|---------------------|------|-----------------|--------|---------|----|----
Tot                         |  12   4  16  0.0-  0 |  0.0-  0 |  0  0-  0- 0 |   0-  0- 0   0   0  |   0  |   0- 0    0   0 |  0- 0  |  0    0 |  0 |   0

                            |       Rushing        |      Receiving       |         Passing          |     Kick Returns      |     Punt Returns      |  all
1957                        |  no  yds  avg td lg  |  no  yds  avg td lg  | cmp- att-int  yds td lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  | purp
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Oct 19 Abilene Christian    |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
Nov 23 Auburn               |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot                         |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    0

                            |       Rushing        |      Receiving       |         Passing          |     Kick Returns      |     Punt Returns      |  all
1959                        |  no  yds  avg td lg  |  no  yds  avg td lg  | cmp- att-int  yds td lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  | purp
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Sep 26 Citadel              |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   1    8  8.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    8
Oct  3 Miami                |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
Oct 24 Richmond             |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot                         |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   1    8  8.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    8

                            |       Rushing        |      Receiving       |         Passing          |     Kick Returns      |     Punt Returns      |  all
1960                        |  no  yds  avg td lg  |  no  yds  avg td lg  | cmp- att-int  yds td lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  |  no  yds  avg td  lg  | purp
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Sep 24 Florida              |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
Oct 22 William & Mary       |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
Nov  4 Miami                |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |    -   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0         |   0    0  0.0  0      |     
----------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----
Tot                         |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0     |   0-   0- 0     0  0     |   0    0  0.0  0      |   0    0  0.0  0      |    0