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Hoppe was one of the most highly recruited football players of his era with 19 colleges seeking his commitment, including Auburn, Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, North
Carolina, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana State, Miami, Rice, Indiana, SMU, and Texas Tech. He
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334:– along with Chattanooga attorney Leroy Phillips. Hoppe's wife, Sherry Lee Hoppe, wrote in 2010, "My husband Bobby shot a man, and he died. I wish it were not so, but it is. It happened in 1957, and Bobby hid the terrible truth for 31 years."
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after one year. He was injured shortly after the trade. He made a short comeback with the
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trials. Hoppe's trial became a national media event that ended with a hung jury. Hoppe was defended by
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