All states are now consolidated on the HSFHA!
The transition from the GHSFHA to the
High School Football Historians Association (HSFHA)
is essentially complete. All nine states and all major features are now available on the new platform.
This site will remain available for the time being, but will eventually redirect to the new site.
Editing has been disabled — please
create an account on the HSFHA site
if you haven't done so already.
1952 GACA North/South Class AA/A Game
Aug. 9, 1952
Site: Grant Field
Score: South 7, North 0
Personnel
Coaches
North: Norman Harrison, Newnan and James "Red" Pressley, Marietta
South: Harry Milligan, Richmond Academy and Jim Luck, Americus
North
Key players
- Bobby Thompson (Elberton, B)
- Ted Trenton (Spalding, B)
- Bill Price (LaGrange, C)
- Franklin Brooks (O’Keefe, G)
- Jerry Griffin (North Fulton, T)
- Bill O’Dell (Newnan, B)
- Ned Arnold (Murphy, E)
- Jimmy Williams (Newnan, B)
- Jim Nisewonger (O’Keefe, QB)
- Jack Cotter (Marist, QB)
- Harry Wing (Gainesville, B)
- Macky Nolen (Marietta, G)
- Harold Pilgrim (Gainesville, E)
- Jimmy Thomason (Newnan)
- Roland Perdue (College Park, T)
- Clayton Pitts (Spalding, T)
- Johnny Short (Athens, G)
- Bill Boyd (Athens, C)
- Eddie Wringle (Dalton, E)
- Larry Muschamp (Rome, E)
- Roger Bond (Elberton, T)
- Walter White (Toccoa, T)
- Arvie Pilgrim (Rome, QB)
- Al Browning (Decatur, B)
South
Key players
- Bobby Chambless (Jordan, B)
- Jack Hall (Richmond Academy, QB)
- Lindy Boatwright (Moultrie, G)
- Jim DeFore (Lanier, G)
- Ray Mercer (Moultrie, B)
- Richard Beard (Moultrie, C)
- Wimpy Scott (Tifton, T)
- Joe Silas (Lanier, E)
- Henry Strickland (Columbus, G)
- Knox Culpepper (Columbus, B)
- Leonard Jones (Baker Village, G)
- Billy Rabon (Fitzgerald, B)
- Cleve Clark (Albany, E)
- Hank Schneider (Richmond Academy, FB)
Game summary
Moultrie’s Ray Mercer scored on a short run. Harry Milligan cited Henry Strickland and Leonard Jones for outstanding defensive work that proved decisive in the game.