1947 Football Team
Front Row L-R: Walter Dozier,
James Briney, Elmer Pruitt, Sport Mercer, Bootsy Miller (holding ball), Melvin
Gilley, Tommy Lee Singleton, Billy Traeger
2nd Row L-R: Daly Stanford, Joe Baldwin, Gordon Moore, Dick Maxey, A.G.
Westbrook, T.M. Culpepper, Joe Compton, George Smith, Lawrence Barnes
3rd Row L-R: Bwanton Seals, Joe Tucker, Richard Hartsook, Raymond Hamer, Harold
Breitling, Pookey Tarence, ?, Joe Bedford, ? Patterson, Henry Trotman
4th Row L-R: Thomas Barnes, Troy Spence, Red Chiles, ?, Eddie Willingham, Coach
Wilson, Mr. Hitchcock
The team won 6, lost 2 and tied 1. The coach was John C. Wilson and that's Bully Hitchcock on the back row. The captain was Gordon Moore and alternate was Joe Baldwin.
Compliments of Dwanton Seals