Ruthie Bolton and Bill Cody, both former All-Americans at Auburn, were inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) on Saturday at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel.
Bolton, already inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011, was a four-year letter winner from 1986-89, helping lead the Tigers to three SEC Championships and two NCAA Tournament runner-up finishes.
Finishing her collegiate career with 1,176 points, Bolton also ranks fifth all-time in assists with 526.
Bolton also holds the Auburn school record for games played (132), games started in a season (35) and steals in a game (10).
The Lucedale, Mississippi native went on to a 15-year professional basketball career, scoring over 2,000 points in her career and is currently fourth on the WNBA's all-time 3-pointer list.
A member of 10 U.S. National Teams, she won a gold medal in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.
Cody, a native of Greenwood, Mississippi, was a three-year letter winner playing at linebacker for the Tigers from 1963-65. The UPI Defensive Player of the Year in the SEC in 1965, Cody was also named an All-American in the same year.
A member of the 1963 Orange Bowl and 1965 Liberty Bowl teams, Cody went on to a six-year NFL career with the Detroit Lions, New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles.
While with the Saints and Eagles, he had the honor of serving as Team Captain.
Bolton and Cody joined six other honorees to make up the 2014 ASHOF class. Other inductees include: Red Cochran (posthumously) (Football), Eli Gold (Broadcasting), Travis Grant (Basketball), Walter Jones (Football) David Magadan (Baseball), Major Ogilvie (Football).
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