Wiregrass Schools Back Eagle Sportsmanship Award
Principals and football coaches across Wiregrass Alabama and northwest Florida endorse The Eagle Sportsmanship Award for 1947. The program rewards clean conduct with a school plaque and player honors, to be presented in Dothan after the season with a banquet.
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Wiregrass High School
Dothan
Awords
Dale
Coffee
Henry
Geneva
Houston
Alabama
Florida
B. D. Cumbie
Vicksburg High School
Panthers
Chester Lee
Alabama High School Athletic Association
Marianna
Fla
John J. Stapelion
Marianna High
Marianna Bulldogzs
Altough
Aew
Mahaimna
Eagle Sports Department
Eagle
Wiregrass Quarterback Club Huddles Monday at Seven
The Wiregrass Quarterback Club will hold its season opening huddle Monday evening at the Wagon Wheel at seven o clock. Captain Clyde Levern notes a 1560 member cap was reached earlier. A chicken steak supper and a Sugar Bowl film between Georgia and North Carolina will be shown after the review of weekend games.
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Wiregrass
Wagon Wheel
Clyde Levern
New Orleans
Georgia
North Carolina
Auburn guard quits Auburn football push from Macon GA
The Auburn Tigers lost another lineman yesterday as 185 pound guard Floyd Younginer from Macon Georgia quit football. Greenland, in spite of its climate, is the home of more than 400 species of flowering plants.
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Auburn
Aps
Auburn Tigers
Floyd Younginer
Puash
Macon
Greenland
Samson Tigers Hire Hawke Then Plot New Football System
Samson High School introduces coach Thomas A. Hawke from Auburn who will install Notre Dame style shifts and a T-ray chaser as the Tigers test a green line and new gear. The season opens with Enterprise, Geneva, and Hartford, plus a home game against Hartford on October 10, with a 35-man squad under two-a-day workouts and a schedule spanning September to November.
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Samson
Samson High School
Tigers
Enterprise
Geneva
Hartford
Thomas A. Hawke
Auburn
Wil
Notre Dame
Bengals
Hawke
Jack Speed
Don Whigham
Tetter
Joe Parker
Harold Crews
Vantan Owens
Kate Kuard
Neal Owens
Mawke
New York Yankees
Florala
Brantley
Ashford
Andalusia
Slocomb
Tigers Stage Comeback To Fell Opp 24-7 In Football Clash
Opp led 7-6 at halftime as Jackie Nelson connected on a key pass and the Cats exploited penalties. Dothan rallied late, but Tiger backfield including Bruce Roney and Buboer McGowan powered a decisive fourth quarter, sealing a 24-7 victory for Dothan.
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Tigers
Opp
Bobcats
Ware- Brass Stadium
Jim Etheridge
Cats
Dothan
Tiger
Jackie Nelson
Nelson
Nix
Foreman
Sammy Gray Fooce
W. D.rips Hewes
Lasteninute
Freddie Smith
Wyatt
Williams
Olin Purvis
Bruce Roney
Buboer MccGowan
Sammy Gray
Wilmer Pelham
Fred Tatum
McGowan
Aiward van
Enoi
Williamson
Roney
Dothan Tigers Triumph In Opening Night Victory At Wiregrass
The Dothan High Tigers defeated Opp 24 to 7 before a record crowd at Wiregrass Stadium. Paid admissions reached about 4,540 with total attendance near 5,000 as Principal T. G. Vaughn noted. Gate receipts will be split with Opp, yielding a projected net Dothan profit near 30 percent after costs.
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Wiregrass Stadium
Dothan High Tigers
Opp
T. G. Vaughn
Vaughn
Dothan
Dot
Bonifay Blue Devils Triumph Over Quincy 19 7
Bonifay Blue Devils, coached by Jack Davis, opened their season with a 19 to 7 win over Quincy in a hard fought game marked by 160 yards of penalties. Standouts for Bonifay included Sims, Martin, Wilson, and Harper with key plays by Urquhart and Wright.
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Bonifay Blue Devils
Quincy
Bonifay
Jack Davis
Bonj Wester
Urquhart
Pitts
Wan
Pas
Sims
Martin
Wilso Harper
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Bulb) Lewis
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Marina
Dale County High School
Ozark
Midland Civ High
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Headland
Grace
Samson Tigers
Wembley
Strong Bobcats
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Hale
Slimberg
Jarman
Prise
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Fortune Shoes
Jarman Shoes
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MccCrowan
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Wright
L. Morris
B. Morris
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Purvis
Compton
Dorsey
Weaver
Lather
Beasley
Bryan
Baker
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Senn
Ellis
Beauchamp
Carmichael
Dees
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E. Hayes
Killingsworth
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Vaive
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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