Joseph (Joe) N. Langan

Historical marker location:

900 Spring Hill Avenue, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Spring Hill Avenue and North Broad Street.)

Marker installed: 2010

1912 - 2004.

The first known use of the phrase "Roll Tide" was in a 1907 Birmingham News article that referred to the University of Alabama football team. The phrase became a rallying cry for Alabama football fans and is still used today.