https://ghsfha.org/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=1939_GACA_North%2FSouth_Game1939 GACA North/South Game - Revision history2026-06-10T09:25:51ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.37.1https://ghsfha.org/wiki/index.php?title=1939_GACA_North/South_Game&diff=52794&oldid=prevLoren Maxwell: Text replacement - "Category:All-Star Games" to "Category:All-Star games"2017-08-06T14:28:55Z<p>Text replacement - "Category:All-Star Games" to "Category:All-Star games"</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Aug. 25, 1939<br />
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Site: Grant Field<br />
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Score: South 13, North 12<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
===Coaches===<br />
====North====<br />
Head coach<br />
* Jack Meagher (Auburn)<br />
Assistants<br />
* Ralph “Shug” Jordan (Auburn)<br />
* Boots Chambless (Auburn)<br />
* Porter Grant (Auburn)<br />
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====South====<br />
Head coach<br />
* Bobby Dodd (Georgia Tech)<br />
Assistants<br />
* Mack Tharpe (Georgia Tech)<br />
* Roy McArthur (Georgia Tech)<br />
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===North===<br />
'''Key players'''<br />
* Sonny Richardson (GMA, FB)<br />
* Bill Yearout (Monroe A&M, HB)<br />
* Walter Ruark (Monroe A&M, G)<br />
* Coot Bryant (Athens, HB)<br />
* Frank Boykin (Boys, QB)<br />
* Henry Monsees (GMA, E)<br />
* Brooks Pierce (Trion, E)<br />
* Tex Williams (Monroe A&M, T)<br />
* J.D. Aderholt (Gainesville, T)<br />
* Jim Reynolds (LaGrange, FB)<br />
* Dickie Parks (Tech, HB)<br />
* Larry Dodd (Russell, HB)<br />
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===South===<br />
'''Key players'''<br />
* Lamar Davis (Glynn Academy, QB)<br />
* Brooker Blanton (Valdosta, HB)<br />
* Paul Brodie (Waycross, TB)<br />
* H.M. Passmore (Valdosta, C)<br />
* Bill Cornelius (Waycross, E)<br />
* Earl Harrison (Fitzgerald, TB)<br />
* Howard Rabb (Millen, T)<br />
* Ellison Wall (Lanier, G)<br />
* Roscoe Spann (Jordan, G)<br />
* Tom Colbert (Lanier, T)<br />
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==Game summary==<br />
Lamar 'Race Horse" Davis of Glynn Academy returned an interception 88 yards late in the second quarter to give the South a 6-0 lead at the break. Bill Yearout threw 15 yards to Henry Monsees to tie the score in the third. Paul Brodie connected with Brooker Blanton later in the period and Brodie’s kick put the South up 13-6. GMA’s Sonny Richardson, who signed with LSU, bucked the line in the fourth for the final score. His extra point kick to tie bounced off the goal post and back onto the field. Walter Ruark of Monroe A&M, later an All-SEC guard at Georgia, was in the North lineup.<br />
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