South Carolina athletics worker who painted midfield logo for 40 football seasons has died

By The Associated Press

FILE - Fans cheer as South Carolina takes the field at William-Brice Stadium before the start of an NCAA college football game against Missouri, Sept. 27, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Eddie Dunning, who painted the South Carolina Gamecock logo at midfield in Williams-Brice Stadium for 40 seasons, has died, university officials said Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Stephen B. Morton]

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The man who painted the midfield South Carolina Gamecocks midfield logo for 40 football seasons at Williams-Brice Stadium, has died at age 69. Eddie Dunning’s death was announced by the university’s athletic department on Wednesday. His obituary said Dunning died July 13 at an area Columbia. Dunning was a longtime department employee who would start preparing the logo on Thursdays of game week so it would be ready and dry for Saturday.