The man. The myth. The legend.

Larry “Gator” Rivers was a Savannah native who had a love for basketball but an even bigger love for the Hostess City. 

Dr. Miller Bargeron, filmmaker and fellow Beach High School alum said Savannah was Rivers’ forever home. 

“He just loved coming back and so once he finished his career as far as what he was doing with basketball when he moved back here he saw a way to get back into society,” said Bargeron, “and it was whether it was trying to get parks cleaned up so children could have good parks to play on”. 

CLICK TO READ THE FULL STORY AT WSAV.COM

This article appears in Apr 1-30, 2023.