Undefeated and unscored upon? Kevin Lee ended up catching passes at Auburn. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! (Just keep my Alma Mater at #9 or higher please!) [1]. 1976 Houston McTear, Baker (Fla.) McTear set a national record in the 100-yard dash at 9.0 seconds in a record that still stands. That record still stands 42 years later Nationwide and does not get the recognition it deserves. That format remained in place until 1963, when a fifth five-man team was added. OHSAA State Tournament Results.
They may have had the greatest rushing attack in high school football history. Five players from the team, including Johnny Bailey, Melvin Foster, Quinton Smith, Zeno Alexander and Santana Dotson, went on to play in the NFL.
All-American Football Team Honors for the 2021 College Football season High School . Chad Adams accepted a scholarship at Arizona State as did Maayomi Olootu jr at Northern Illinois. All rights reserved. He was outstanding, but despite his play, division 1 major colleges cited his size as a major concern. As Craig Harris goes, so goes the T. C. Express. Girls Basketball AP All-Ohio Teams. most games starters played only 1st half entire offensive line picked 1st team UPI. In 2010 they lost 4 future NFL players from the previous year and still had enough talent to win a national title. These seniors were among the last crop to play at Honolulu Stadium and the final year before the Star-Bulletin began doing its All-State team. Wide Receiver Gary Edwards was one of the top receivers in the nation. Murray had his pick of schools before ultimately ending up at Oklahoma. 1976 Warner Robins High School The 1976 Warner Robins team was . The future five time NFL pro bowler was unstoppable to say the least. Glad to see the 76 Warner Robins demons on this list! However, Edwards, Evans and 10 other teammates were arrested for armed robbery in Dallas in May 1989. Parochial schools recruit the best players and I generally dont speak very highly of their greatest teams because of it. Simmons even finished 9th in Heisman voting despite being a defensive tackle. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Friday, May 1, 2:56PM. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 14th, 2019 at 11:45 am and is filed under Announcement, Awards, Basketball-Reference.com, CBB at Sports Reference, Data, History. The 1976 crop of prep football players closed down the Termite Palace.
1976 ABCA/Rawlings High School All-America Teams Despite playing at the smallest level of Texas football, Hall was a first-team All-American by Wigwam Wisemen. Brooks rushed for 1,810 yards as a senior. The players were selected by coaches and the paper's high school sports staff. Boys Basketball AP Poll Champions. He was also All-American in football and was drafted in the MLB draft by the Blue Jays. Future 4 time NFL pro-bowler James Brooks was a dynamo with the ball, quick but still strong enough to break tackles and stay on his feet. I played in curtain raiser for Hawaii all-stars vs Beverly Hills superstars the night Pele played there when he was with the New York Cosmos at aloha stadiumye ha, Your email address will not be published. A special thank you goes out to Head Texas State Football Official Leland & the coaches from Texas Independent for being willing to assist the outstanding group of high school football All-Americans achieve their goals of playing football on scholarship at the next level. Also Ed Beverly who starred at WR for SF 49ers. Hall is a two-time, SN first-team All-American. He had a long list of division one schools after him. 1971 parade all american football team. Im not even a fan of them, but watching their Youtube highlights, I dont think ANY time you listed could of beat them. currently the tigers are # 4 in total football wins; they were picked HS football program of the 20th century. The ESPYs had to be the pinnacle. Prince George's AB title. The Cowboys beat nationally ranked Odessa Permian, the team that inspired Friday Night Lights. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Johnny Joseph a top 100 corner back nationally, went to Bowling Green. This year's chief of staff, Mark (The General: Clark certainly did his part - 23 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and two blocked shots - in leading the Yellow Jackets to another (ho hum!) The Entire defense returned from the season before. In college basketball the talent spread across teams has always been very disparate. Sophomore defensive end and future NFL superstar Joey Bosa made a significant impact at a young age. In addition to Ricky Bell, the USC honorees were offensive tackle Marvin Powell, defensive end Dennis Thurman, defensive tackle Gary Jeter, and punter Glen Walker. The junior nearly replicated his sophomore season with 1,472 rushing yards and 20 rushing TDs, and he became more of a threat out of the backfield .
1973 Roster - Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays One of the best ground attacks ever, featured two future college standouts in the backfield. 1934 Canton McKinley Bulldogs . Linebacker Melvin Foster admitted that the team Even gave up girls.
Inside Playboy's decades-long reign over college football's preseason #9) Warner Robbins (Georgia) 1976 The best team the state of Georgia has ever produced, was the 1976 Warner Robbins team. It should be noted that these games featured many of the top performers in high school at the time, but that top African-American players like Oscar Robertson, Elgin Baylor and Wilt Chamberlain were conspicuously absent. The Sporting News and Time polled football scouts and the editors of Pro Football Weekly College Football News, and Football News chose teams for their publications. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. A crowd of 31,896 at Gerald J. Ford Stadium watched as Miami Northwestern won the contest 29-21. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Edwards was sentenced to 16 years in prison. After that, from 1947-1955 All-State teams were selected by Associated Press and United Press International. McKinley recently had its 23-game winning streak snapped by Spingarn, but as long as Jordan is lurking in the middle of the Trainer pressing defense, one can make book McKinley won't lose two in a row. This team possessed a running game that most division one colleges would envy. Knapple. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Second to none! The National champions demolished every other team that came in their path. #10) Allen High School (Texas) 2013 The most recent team on our list was 2013 Allen, a dominant collection of college talent. During that streak they boasted numerous NFL and division 1 prospects. The Spartans were peeved about going into any game relegated to second. Their point and turnover differential was among the best of all time. They cruised through the regular season, with victories over the likes of Carroll and Cedar Hill. The standout lineman was two way starter and nationally ranked Derek Landri. One b not 2. Defensive back Marcus Robertson was a standout corner for Aquinas before he went on to be drafted by the Rams. They shutout powerhouse Griffin high school 34-0 in the state final.
Three players were unanimously selected by all four official selectors and all five unofficial selectors. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Fairview. They had numerous division one players, including 8 players that would go on to play at the University of Miami. The "Stretch" brothers could send the Badgers all the way to the top of the Big 10. who graciously collected and supplied the football and basketball records to the OHSAA. Cops would stop them to take pictures, they ate free at restaurants and even autographed a baby. Saginaw Arthur Hill 1973? My biggest gripe is Mater Dei, De La Salle, Gorman, IMG, many morethey pull players from all over their regions and the US. Its over 13,000 members represent all 50 states and 36 countries. McKinley boasted several other Division I college players, including a trio of future Kent State players.
Position. Defensive end Bryan Cox Jr clogged running lanes before going off to play for the Gators. For the year 1960, the NCAA recognizes six published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The inaugural team consisted of three teams, five players on each team. 10 players went on to play football in the SEC. McKinley's racehorse style of basketball earned it the Interhigh championship. Quarterback Matt Guiterez had his pick of big time schools, as he was ranked 88th in the country. Every player signs with Div I and goes on to play in the NFL and in the NFL hall of fame. In the second round of the playoffs they gutted out a 25-22 win over St. Francis. The Wolves won their 25th straight game in front of over 20,000 fans, including Auburn Coach Pat Dye, Alabama Coach Bill Curry and Florida State Coach Bobby Bowden. Over 15 D-1 players on team. Farias Senior Classic, Mufi Hannemann Jamboree this weekend, Grit is golden for state-tournament semifinalists, Grit and growth: Moanalua's upset win over Mililani, Kamehameha completes girls basketball D-I state-tourney field, All that drama: the ILH's basketball tiebreaker maze. You should take a look at that teams stats & stars. Date: Saturday, Jan. 8. Find out more. For openers, the Cadets whipped the Stags three times to earn a shot against McKinley for the city title. Might want to add last years 2017 consensus national champion Mater Dei High School. Southwest. 14. . The stadium used by the Auburn High School football team is named in his honor. While the Football might span several decades, their were many similarities between these all time juggernauts. First. They destroyed St. Thomas Aquinas 70-0 and then Massillon 27-14. They finished the season ranked 2nd by Max Preps and 1st by USA today. Defensive end Adrian Jackson 6-3, 210 was an excellent pass rusher before he went on to Auburn. Did I mention they had future Olympic sprinter Arman Hall at wide receiver. While effort and fundamentals were their backbone, the team had no shortage of talent.
The All-Time All-America team for college football's 150th anniversary The changes continued in 2012, when the list went to a single-team format with 40 players. Most of the Interhigh teams were glad to see Coolidge stalwart James (Stretch) Gregory, an Al-Met last year, graduate and go to Wisconsin. Shame on you for not recognizing excellence. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizes four selectors as "official" for the 1976 season. They also played St. Thomas Aquinas a national power from Florida. Fun reading such a long legacy of great prep teams! In 1979, he passed for a then Flint-area record 1,926 yards and 26 touchdowns in the time before spread offenses. Why the Hawks were great: They won the first of their three straight 8A titles behind QB Charlie Goro, the Tribune's 2008 player of the year, and RB Matt Perez, who earned the honor in 2009. Similar to many teams on this list, Northwestern served as a feeder to their local University. Winningest teams in America; Most games played in America; Records Against Opponents; .
The Oklahoman's All-State football teams by the 5s The defense allowed only 93 points in 15 games. I also think this list of schools should be based on all time wins state titles,etc and even though hated Massillon has a little more than we do only two of their all time teams get mentioned honorably. Seven players, including 1960 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino of Navy, and College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Mike Ditka of Pitt and Bob Lilly of TCU, were unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all six official selectors. Seven players went on to star at the University of Florida, they become known as the Gator Naughts.
The Top PARADE All America High School Football Players of All Time The players made ultimate sacrifices to ensure their path to success, "We gave up everything," running back Johnny Bailey said after the state championship game. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Bob Eubank, Norman, End LeRoy Montgomery, Lawton, End Cecil Fassio, Wilburton, End Bennie Davis, McAlester, Tackle Richard Simmons, Seminole, Tackle Kenneth Fogelsong, Anadarko, Tackle E.G. The list includes City Section . St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Page 174. Tejan Koroma was a load on the offensive line, he would eventually suite up for BYU. Maybe a top 20 list, containing teams from the entire history of high school football, would keep some deservedly great teams of the distant from being forgotten. Both comments and pings are currently closed. High School Football has been played in this country for over 90 years. Their offense was unstoppable and their defense posted 8 shutouts giving up only 4.8 points per game. Several media members argued that the Yates defense is the deciding factor for the discussion of best team in Texas history. Ranked the No. The 42-28 score was the closest any team would get to upsetting Aquinas all season. They were 13-0. The tackle was the highest rated prospect the Spartans had.
The 2021 college football postseason All-America team - ESPN.com Boulder. Not sure our Lakeland, Fla. 2005 or 2006 team (#7) could have handled 1949 Massilon and others, but fun to speculate. American Football Database is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Linebacker Mitch Davis, a junior in 1988, signed with Georgia the next year.
All Time AP Poll Champions & All-Ohio Teams - OHSAA Top 10 High School Football Teams | Of All Time - Legends Clothing Co. Football History / All-State, All Americans and Big 33 players They faced loaded national power St. Thomas Aquinas in the State Final. After their 88 season the players were cult figures in their local community. Although troubled, the 88 team is thought by some to be the best team Texas has ever produced.
2021 HS FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICANS - Scout Trout Womack racked up 1,467 yards on the ground as a senior in 1976. He would go on to star at Auburn before staring for both the Bengals and Chargers in the NFL. Ratiff, the Rambler tower of power, averaged 25 points, 17 rebounds and four blocked shots per game, but to some people it wasn't enough.
CNY's 50 all-time greatest high school football players, in order Quarterback Charlie Price threw for 25 touchdowns in 1985. McKinley played a murderous schedule facing 5 powerhouse teams in the state of Ohio. Whats neat is to personally see LHS Coach Bill Castle from the 1970s continually produce top-quality teams at a PUBLIC high school without recruiting. A live telecast was available nationwide on DirecTV, and attendance at Veterans Stadium in Long Beach swelled to 17,321. can contact Texas Football managing editor Greg Tepper. 2013 Hall of Fame Candidates BBWAA Ballot, FBref Adds Womens World Cup History & Match Reports, How to Add Sports-References Sites To Your Phones Home Screen, List of NBA Players Waived in 2005 Under Allan Houston Rule Amnesty Clause, Professional Sports Leagues Steroid Policies, Ways Sports Reference Can Help Your Website, For Your Reference, A Sports Reference Podcast, Automatically Link Your Blogs to SR Player Pages. Theyre running schemes that kids wont even be a part if unless theyre getting reps and playing at Bama, USC, UGA, and UW. STATE TEAM HISTORY Ladies - 1971 Capt Morrison, Mrs JB "Sis" San Antonio 1 Coleman, Brenda Waco 2 Bennet, Jo Ann Lufkin 3 Anderson, Lupe Dallas 4 Goukas, Barbara Houston 1972 All State Teams Open First - 1972 Open Second - 1972 Capt Pope, Ricky Dallas Capt Davis, Willaim Houston 1 Johnson, Jack San Antonio 1 Clark, John Abilene 2 Killian, Tito San Antonio 2 Alexander, John Mineral Wells Drop us a comment and let us know who we missed.
Nashville high school football all-decade 1970s team These teams were named every year from 1957 to 2015. junio 16, 2022 . The No. The prep school circuit has given birth to new teams that are loaded, with out of town talent. After all, this is supposed to be the best in history list, , not the best teams since 1975. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Florida, like Texas, Ohio and California, is an outstanding high school football state - and 1976 could be better than ever. Greene helped Florida State win a championship in 2014. Among the teams discussed are 1988 Carter, 1985 Yates, 2015 Allen, 2006 Southlake, 1983 Daingerfield and Abilene 1956. They started the season ranked 1 nationally in some publications, but the USA Today ranked them 2nd behind Long Beach Poly. Ever since PARADE selected its first All America High School Football Team in 1963, the magazine has been discovering some of the greatest gridiron legends in history. They won 56-14 over defending Central Section champ Buchanan of Clovis, then two weeks later in Stockton took apart southern California powerhouse Mater Dei 34-6. Jackson totaled 105 points and collected 44 rebounds. Those kids were there and ready to go each and every week. The talent level at Vigor was ridiculous, 11 players went on to play at mid major division 1 programs, while 9 played at major college football schools. 1940 massillon tigers were national champions that year . ALL-STATE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HONORS (First Team only) Miles Fox: Quarterback: 1926: Ernie Lewis . He was so outstanding at Allen that he was invited to the ESPYs during his senior season. A few division 1 prospects wound up being charged with robbery (more on that later) and their scholarships were pulled. During that streak they boasted numerous NFL and division 1 prospects. Their 1977 team was pretty stout. The straw that stirred the drink was two-way All-American Jesse Armstead. The 6-foot-5 Jackson of Pain Branch and 6-8 Raiff of Eastern, both repeaters from last year's first-team. They pulled out a close 21-15 win over Jones in the semi-finals. The speedster had 15 touchdown runs of 50 yards or more. The roster was so loaded that Santana Dotson, a future NFL starter came off the bench. The defense recorded its fifth shutout and coach Billy Rolle pocketed a 3rd state championship. 1940 Massillon Tigers. Join our linker program. Nov. 12, 2014 10:41 AM PT. He played in the NFL for 5 seasons. Consensus All-America Teams (1970-1979) | College Football at Sports-Reference.com Sports Reference Baseball Football (college) Basketball (college) Hockey Futebol Blog Stathead Questions or Comments? They also played powerhouses John Tyler and Killeen in the regular season. Zeno Alexander, Darron Nash, Ronald Moore, Charles Price, Quinton Smith, James Goode, Larry Gill, Gregory Garrett, Kenneth Payne, Reginald Breggs and James Christian were all on the 1985 Chronicle All-HISD Team. An additional thank you to Mr. Fred Rogers who has helped update these results. Star receiver Gary Edwards, was originally ruled ineligible with the University Interscholastic League and the Texas Education Agency. Teams. Many of their fans wear a full fledged battle ship hats to all of the games. Vigor completed its 13-0 season by beating Berry 41-7 in the 6A championship game at Legion Field. Future top 25 recruit nationally, wide recover Cameron Colvin only played occasionally for the team. The rare public school that dominates year after year. A Player of the Year was identified from 1970-74, 1976-77 and from 1981-2015. AP, UPI, NEA,The Sporting News and Pro Football Weekly chose both first and second teams. After losing two of its first three games of the 1976 season, the Kamehameha Warriors rattled off nine straight wins, including a 46-6 thrashing of Radford in the Prep Bowl. That team holds the title of the greatest team in the programs history. When the season finished they were ranked as the number one team in the nation by USA today and Rise/ESPN. Prior to 1982 the following Newspapers and Agencies selected All-State Teams since 1916 when the first All-State team was chosen by the Birmingham News. In a rivalry game they beat Kathleen High 29-26. 2006 Lakeland may be their crowning jewel. They were voted the team of the decade by the Texas media. This list of 100 of the greatest Texas High School Football Players of all time was selected by a panel made up of some the state's foremost experts and historians, and was spearheaded by Dave Campbell's Texas Football. To compliment the running game Wide receiver Paul Wilson was a sure handed target for the Dreadnaught's. 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This column lists the number of selectors choosing the player as a first-team All-American as follows: official selectors/other selectors/total selectors. All the teams mentioned ,with the exception of the 76 Demons, are from the ESPN TV era and the flawed USA Today rating system. In 1971, the list again expanded, this time to seven five-man units. Another standout was two way star Ron Simmons, who went to star at Florida State. Teams that were undefeated and produced such all stars as Jimmy Jones (USC) Quarterback and won a championship with Montreal of the Canadian league, Jan White at wide receiver who was an All American at Ohio State and played for the Buffalo Bills, Denny Green at halfback who started at Iowa and was Head coach of the Minnesota Vikings and Phoenix Cardinals.Milan Veconski who started at tackle at Purdue and George Buchanan who started at the other tackle. Brock was a standout on both sides of the line, and earned Parade All-America honors as a senior. One other thing: Erxleben averaged 4.5 punts per game. China Spring vs. Argyle Liberty Christian, Community Connector School Program presented by Optimum, Mr. Texas Football Player of the Year Award, North Texas Dance Team Spotlight presented by Children's Health, San Antonio Inspirational Coach of the Week, San Antonio Student Trainer Program Spotlight, Texas Children's Training Staff Superstars Award. Many analysts also point to the Lions potent offense which still holds the record for points scored in a season.
1975 Parade All America High School Football Team (13th Annual) Texas and some other states still depend (parents have to move to district) on players in their district. Uh, its Warner Robins. A great pool of talent and depth separated the team from its opponents. The lefthanded intimidating senior scored 21 points, pulled down 15 rebounds and blocked three shots per game to lead the Tigers to the Prince George's AA title. Seven players, including 1960 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino of Navy, and College and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Mike Ditka of Pitt and Bob Lilly of TCU, were unanimously named first-team All-Americans by all six official selectors. Beginning in 2011, only seniors were considered for the team and many of the names on the list began to be players experts would not consider high-major prospects. 2 Southlake (Texas) Carroll. Roosevelt Patterson, a 1988 All-State lineman for Vigor, "I don't think there's a team that compares to our team. Required fields are marked *. More From Hawaii Prep World Powered By High School College Nationality; Tim Andree--Bloomfield, MI-Brother Rice High School (MI) Notre Dame: United States: Sam Bowie: C: 7-1: 235: Lebanon, PA: Mar 17, 1961: Lebanon High School (PA . 10-0 in 1970 and 10-0 in 71 before playoffs in Ohio. Dec. 28. Their biggest match-up of the season was the 5th game, which was against the number 1 ranked Long Beach Poly. Working with Gil Brandt, Mount took pride in finding not only the best players for the preseason All-America team, but also the ones no one knew. They were all very decisive wins and we had to manage that the right way so the kids didnt become complacent, Thom McDaniels said. Their veer offensive illustrated their simple approach to the game. They featured future NFL players James White, Giovanni Bernard, Phillip Dorsett and Rashad Greene.
The six selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1960 season are (1) the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), (2) the Associated Press (AP), (3) the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), (4) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (5) the Sporting News, and (6) the United Press International (UPI). There has been much debate about the greatest football team in the history of Texas. Over 20 players ended up playing division 1 football. The 1976 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1976. Do you have a blog? He averaged 19 points for the well-balanced Titans and picked up six assists and five steals per contest. Greatest High School Football Teams of All Time . Ohio High School Athletic Association 4080 Roselea Place . 1956 Abilene Texas 14-0, 1961 Washington Massillon Ohio 11-0, 1969 Coral Gabels Florida 11-0, 1971 Valdosta Georiga, 1976 Archbishop Moeller Ohio, 1978 Spring Branch Texas, 1983 Daingerfield Texas 16-0, 1987 North Hills Pennsylvania, 1988 Pine Forest Florida, 1989 Crenshaw California, 1989 Odessa Permian Texas 15-0, 1990 Ruston Lousiana, 1991 Inglewood High California, 1992 Valdosta Georgia 14-0, 1994 John Tyler Texas, 1998 West Monroe Lousiana, 1999 Evangel Christian Lousiana, 1999 De La Salle California 13-0, 1999 Madison Central (Miss), 2001 Long Beach Poly California 12-1, 2003 Pine Bluff Arkansas 15-0, 2004 Colerain Ohio, 2005 Southlake Caroll Texas 16-0, 2006 Oaks Christian California, 2007 Miami Northwestern Florida 15-0, 2007 St. Xavier Ohio 15-0, 2008 Centennial California, 2010 South Panola Mississippi 14-0, 2011 Don Bosco Prep New Jersey 11-0, 2015 Katy Texas, 2016 Bishop Gorman Nevada 15-0. Walker ranked second in the FBS in rushing with 1,636 yards to go with 18 rushing touchdowns. Austin Barron who signed with Florida Sate, was a bruiser on the inside line for Aquinas. They faced a bevy of legit challengers on their way to a state record 16 wins. Services such as National Sports News who rated high school football for decades before USAToday/ESPN,regarded one of the Valdosta GA teams, possibly their 1962 squad, and one of the Massilon Ohio teams ,possibly the 1940 squad, as the best teams ever. The quiet senior led the area in scoring with a 30-point average and added 16 rebounds, six steals and five assists a game.