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Successful Sports Year In Section Comes To End
Beaver High School's 1940 football team finished undefeated and ranked second in the Mountain state. Star Joe Black led in multiple sports and earned All Conference and All State honors. Teammates Bob Gray Ralph McCue Blake Burton Sandy Ball and Johnny Coleman also shone, while Billy Dudley of Virginia was named to the AP third All American backfield. Joe Black captained the All Conference backfield and excelled in basketball track and swimming.
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Bluefielders
Beaver
Parkersburg
Jolin
Joe Black
West Virginia
Black
Beaver High School
Joe
Bob Gray
Bob
Tenter
Concord
Ralph McCue
Blake Burton
Sandy Ball
Johnny Coleman
Mooue
Duke Ridgley
Huntington Herald Dispatch
Burton Ball
Coleman
Billy Dudley
Virginia
University of Virginia
Billy
Frank Murray
Cavaliers
Bil
Associated Press
Knoxville
Vols
Beavers
Ernie Hicks
Richlands
Vic Sorrell
Blue Gray Baseballers
Landon Buchanan
George Smiley
Bluefield
Clyde Belcher
Princeton High
Joe Friedl
Gary
Jim Callaghan
Mountain Lions
Bill Dole
Bobby Bowman
Bluefield Legion
New York Giants
Virginia U. Cavalier