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HOLLIS GAINEYJ. B. PADGETTHOLLIS GAINEY NAME TO AA ALL-STATERSBy The Associated PressA huge glue-fingered end and a gwift little halfback gave Class AA gtate champion Phillips top billing on the all-state football team picked by the Texas Sports Writers Assn.End Don Smith. 185, and halfback Don Meek 155, led the voting. Smith got 108 of a possible 110 points and Meek 101.The two sparked the drive that gave Phillips its first state title after 15 years of domination of schoolboy play on the High Plains. Turner, 182.Killeen, the other finalist In AA, Is represented by guard Bobby Mount Vernon’s Don Meredith, Colorado City’s Hollis Gainey and Freer’s Joe Holcomb complete the backfield which averages 160 pounds.The line averages 194 pounds. Top weights are Ballinger tackle Gary Ferguson and Stamford center Bob Harrison, each 210.Other first team linemen include Carthage end Ray Beeson, 188; Nederland tackle A. A. Crews, 192, and Terrell guard Rody Holiek, 190.The second tea m Ends—Larry Ward, Nederland, and J. B. Padgett, Colorado City.Tackles — Stan Vickers, Floy-dada, and Jimmy Payne, Waco University.Guards — Frank Tyler, LaVega, and Ernest Davis, Stamford. Center—Pat Kern, Killeen.Backs—Calvin I^ee Comanche; Billy Baker, Beeville; Bobby Russell, Crane; Tirey Wiiemon, Waxa-flachle.Honorable mention:Ends—Paul Peebles, Killeen;Jack Burgess, Alpine; Bill Thrasher, Perryton; William Wiiemon, Waxahachie; Charles Lee, Freer; Charlie Richardson, Quanah; PatBeckham, Athens; Jimmy Gilmore, Ennis; Leroy Kahanek, Yoakum; Garland Huddleston, Tahoka; Robert Nickerson; Seymour; James Smithwick, Lampasas.Tackles—Damon Douglas; Athens; Harold Pnce, Comanche; David Wiiemon. Waxahachie; Joe Williams, Sulphur Springs; Dwane Anderson, Linden; Bobby Moulder, Freer; Thomas Boyd Carthage; J. W. Miears, Lockhart; Jimmy Priest, Olton; Billy Chamberlain, Lamarque; Ramon Armstrong, Ennis: Bill Vehslage, Childress.Guards—Johnny Bradley, Glade-water; Herbert Sigle, Freer; Jerry Green, Terrell; Dale Powell, Abernathy; Ed Whitehead, Jasper; Eugene McCracken; Graham; Robert Maldonado, Falfurrias; Wayne Hardcastle, Gonzales.Centers—Ken Korges, Weatherford; Joe Robles, Waxahachie; Dale Walker, Lampasas; Burch Ingram, Phillips; Arlis Parkhurst, Colorado City; Roddy Dorsey, London; Spike Dykes, Ballinger.Backs—Milton Vaughn Littlefield; Dan Howard, Littlefield; A1 Kirehoff, Killeen; Larry Minald, Nederland; Richard Hill, W’est;Bobby Manning, Yoakum;Don Bale, Terrell; Fred Marberry, Mexia; Bobby Stanley, Carthage; Bobby Murray, Jacksboro; Elton Couch, Hamilton; Dan Bowden, Weatherford; Bobby Lackey, Weslaco; C, J. Harkey, Hooks; Jacky Sledge, London; Charles Coody, Stamford: Bobby Schanen, Robs-town; Floyd Stephens, Floydada; Jakie Webb, Phillips; Warren Rudolph, Waxahachie; Michael Rawlins Lancaster; Bill Knight, Athens; Albert Witcher, Lampasas; Junior Beall, Seymour; Melvin Hesseltine, Sinton; Cecil Brownlee, Comanche; James Kennedy, Monahans: Don Dear. Perryton.
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Big Spring Weekly Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Fri, Jan 07, 1955
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