ESPN will posthumously honor Knoxville Fulton football player Zaevion Dobson with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 2016 ESPY awards tonight (Wednesday, July 13th.) Zaevion,15, died after diving on top of friends to save them from gunfire in December.
This is ESPN’s flagship award for courage. Past honorees include Jim Valvano, Muhammad Ali ,Pat Summitt, Nelson Mandela , former NFL star and U.S.Army Ranger Pat Tillman and the four United Flight 93 passengers that prevented a 9/11 hijacking from becoming more catastrophic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano
This is ESPN’s flagship award for courage. Past honorees include Jim Valvano, Muhammad Ali ,Pat Summitt, Nelson Mandela , former NFL star and U.S.Army Ranger Pat Tillman and the four United Flight 93 passengers that prevented a 9/11 hijacking from becoming more catastrophic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Valvano
