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1953 GACA North/South Game
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Aug. 7, 1953
Site: Grant Field
Score: North 14, South 12
Personnel
Coaches
North: Max "Red" Ivey, Murphy and Glenn Wade, Rossville
South: Erskine Mills, Thomasville and Bernie Reid, Albany
North
- Allen Ecker (Grady, E)
- George Mitchell (Dalton, T)
- Frank Reeves (Hogansville, G)
- Joe Bell (Russell, C)
- Hugh Gibson (Smith, G)
- Lucian Tatum (Decatur, T)
- Bob Juhan (Murphy, E)
- Richard Blair (Murphy, QB)
- Don Traylor (Rome, B)
- Earl Parks (Rockmart, B)
- Stan Thornton (Decatur, B)
- Toppy Vann (Rossville, QB)
- Charles Carlyle (Spalding, B)
- Marvin Graves (Calhoun, G)
- Harry Pritchett (O'Keefe, G)
- Emmett Allen (College Park, B)
- Wendell Tarleton (Fulton, B)
- Bill Hilderbrand (Douglasville, T)
- Roy Wilkins (Dalton, B)
- Charley Brown (College Park, E)
- Wade Mitchell (North Fulton, QB)
- Roy Steiner (Rossville, T)
- Gene Purcell (Murphy, C)
- Bobby Howard (Gainesville, T)
- Lonnie Jacobs, Bobby Ruark (Morgan County, B)
- Wesley Holden (Brown, G)
- W.A. Glazier (Newnan, T)
- Bobby Bethenbaugh, Steve Radcliff (Carrollton, G)
- Don Avery (Canton, E)
- Sidney Maddox (LaGrange, E)
- Mike Eason (Northside, E)
- Harold McCampbell (Marietta, C)
South
- Gibson Newton (Moultrie, E)
- James Warren (Valdosta, T)
- Harvey Brown (Richmond Academy, G)
- Harold Cook (Albany, C)
- Tommy Mansfield (Albany, G)
- Tony Cushingberry (Albany, T)
- Wallace Prince (Cairo, E)
- Johnny Menger (Richmond Academy, QB)
- Noel George (Valdosta, HB)
- George Hurst (Columbus, HB)
- Jim McClellan (Waycross, FB)
- Lamar Watson (Camilla, B)
- John Edge (Americus, C)
- Fred Dollar (Cairo, E)
- Drexel Blocker (Glennville, G)
- Robert Heidt (Albany, B)
- Herschel Evans (Sylvania, B)
- Bobby Musselwhite (Thomasville, G)
- Lee Greer (Valdosta, T)
- Sammy Hardin (Valdosta, QB)
- Charles Beach (Baker, E)
- Dean Madray (Jesup, QB)
- Herman Parramore (Valdosta, C)
- Jimmy Lineburger (Lanier, G)
- Mack Rogers (Sandersville, T)
- Jimmy Walker (Valdosta, E)
- Larry Massey (Valdosta, B)
- Gayle Manley (Moultrie, B)
- Ray Moore (Valdosta, G)
- Harry Hudson (Lanier, T)
- James Etheridge (Jordan, T)
- Lonnie Pope (Waycross, B)
- Pat Swann (Fort Valley, E)
- James Farrell (Jordan, B)
Game summary
Dalton’s Roy Wilkins scored on a 72-yard run in the second and Rossville’s Toppy Vann ran 45 in the third. Murphy’s Gene Purcell kicked both extra points. The South got one touchdown from Jimmy McClelland. Wilkins blocked the extra point. Wilkins was the MVP of the game.