{"id":11713,"date":"2016-10-23T20:49:49","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T01:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=11713"},"modified":"2016-10-23T21:44:10","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T02:44:10","slug":"congratulations-to-the-greatest-basketball-player-to-ever-step-on-the-court-of-auburn-university-mr-charles-wade-barkley-auburn-announces-plans-for-charles-barkley-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=11713","title":{"rendered":"CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GREATEST BASKETBALL PLAYER TO EVER STEP ON THE COURT OF AUBURN UNIVERSITY, MR. CHARLES WADE BARKLEY. Auburn announces plans for Charles Barkley statue."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Auburn announced Saturday night that it will build a statue of Charles Barkley<\/a> outside Auburn Arena.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Barkley’s statue will be the first on campus to immortalize a former athlete who didn’t play football. The school has erected statues for its three Heisman Trophy<\/a> winners: Bo Jackson, Pat Sullivan and Cam Newton<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bo Jackson, who is friends with Barkley, made the announcement about the statue plans in a video that was played on the video screen to fans attending Auburn’s victory over Arkansas<\/a> on Saturday at Jordan-Hare Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It just means a great deal to me,” Barkley said in a statement. “Being a kid from Alabama, going to Auburn. I think everybody knows what Auburn means to me. It’s going to be pretty cool.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auburn retired Barkley’s jersey in 2001.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Our Auburn Family is so blessed to have an Auburn man like Charles Barkley<\/a> in the public eye representing us. A statue and a symbol like this serves to bring attention to that and will stand the test of time,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said in the statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n