BATON ROUGE – The jersey worn by Billy Cannon during his Heisman-winning season sold for $24,000 at a sports auction recently.

Heritage Auctioned highlighted the sale, which was part of $8.9 million in sales of sports memorabilia.

The jersey is signed by Cannon with a message to “Jeanne,” the daughter of former LSU track coach Al Moreau.

Billy Cannon died in May. He was 80-years-old.

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