Billy Cannon documentary slated to premier week of LSU Ole Miss

A documentary on legendary Heisman trophy-winning LSU running back Billy Cannon is set to release the week of this year’s LSU-Ole Miss game. His daughter, Bunnie Cannon, made the project happen. She said she wants to give fans a glimpse at who he truly was.

She said, “Everybody knows the football greatness and all the stuff that went on in the 1950s and the first Heisman trophy winner and all of that, but what they don’t understand and what they fail to recognize is what happened after the football.”

The documentary will be aired by Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Bunnie said creating the documentary is the first of three remaining goals she has to honor her father’s memory.

“I’ve been wanting to do something like this for a long time because there’s a lot of people who don’t understand what made my dad tick and what he went through,” she said.

The other two are a major motion picture she’s been working on for eight years and a national award in his name.

The documentary is going to be the only one that has the full support of the Cannon family, but Bunnie said just because it has their approval doesn’t mean it will hold anything back.

“They have interviewed so many people, and there’s no holds barred,” she said. ” They can talk about anything they want. It’s really gonna be interesting, and I really hope people watch it with an open mind.”