The jersey of all-American first baseman Eddy Furniss will be retired by LSU in a ceremony prior to the Tigers' game with Mississippi State on Friday, April 22, in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.
The #36 worn by Furniss will join the #15 worn by coach Skip Bertman and the #19 worn by pitcher Ben McDonald as retired jerseys in the LSU baseball program.
Furniss, who is now a physician in his hometown of Nacogdoches, Texas, will become the 10th LSU athlete or coach to have his jersey retired, joining Bertman and McDonald; men's basketball players Bob Pettit, Pete Maravich, Rudy Macklin and Shaquille O'Neal; football players Billy Cannon and Tommy Casanova; and women's basketball player Seimone Augustus.