Education
He attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for a year before transferring to the University of Alabama, where he played for the football team as a walk-on.
He attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for a year before transferring to the University of Alabama, where he played for the football team as a walk-on.
He was recruited in 1983 out of the University of Alabama. Eddie Lowe is currently mayor of Phenix City, Alabama. He is the first black mayor of Phenix City.
Lowe played American football at Central High School in Phenix City.
At 5" 10", Eddie was considered too small to play in the NFL, but he was recruited to play Canadian football with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After the 1991 Canadian Football League season, he retired from football.
After retiring from football, Lowe began working as a banker. Prior to his election as mayor, Lowe served as president of the Phenix City Board of Education for a decade.
In 2012, he was elected the first African-American mayor of Phenix City with 64 percent of the votes cast.
He beat three opponents in the race, by a large enough margin to avoid a runoff election.