Download or read book Billy Cannon written by Charles N. deGravelles and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through conversations with Cannon, deGravelles follows the athlete-turned-reformer from his boyhood in a working-class Baton Rouge neighborhood to his sudden rush of fame as the leading high school running back in the country. Personal and previously unpublished stories about Cannon's glory days at LSU and his stellar but controversial career in the pros, as well as details of his indictment for counterfeiting and his post-release work as staff dentist at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, [are provided]"--Dust jacket flap.