Two-time Super Bowl winning quarterback reflects on LSHOF worthy career
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Former Ole Miss and New York Giant quarterback Eli Manning addresses the media during a press conference on the day before being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches. (Photo by Chris Reich/ LSHOF)
By: TONY MARKS
Editor
NATCHITOCHES - In 1993, Isidore Newman School played in the state baseball championship game against Sacred Heart. Playing shortstop for Newman was Peyton Manning who committed an error which caused the Trojans to score the game winning run.
Inside the park that day in Ville Platte was Manning’s 12-year-old younger brother, Eli.
“I remember, after the game, going to a…
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