This year marks the 50 Year Anniversary for MHS Football. These pioneers laid the ground work for what has become a football crazed community. They played long before the “West Coast Offense”, before Monday Night Football, heck they played before facemasks! They were “SOR” when “SOR” wasn’t cool. Congratulations to the ’54 team for being the first and giving us something to look forward to on Friday nights.
Front Row (L to R): Bill Shaw, Sam Grey, Ed Rose, Park Waldroup, Frank Ward, Junior McClure, Jerry Waldrop, Coach Labe Gregory
Second Row: Manager Clarence Carroll, Wayne Moore, Jerry Hanley, Jim Shaw, Tex Ramey, Donald Colyer, Vaughn Woody, Loyd Sitzler.
Third Row: Bobby Deatherage, Brad Gordon, Joe Parks, Ross Hickey, James Thompson, Wayne Waldroup, Paul Colyer, Manager Eugene Jackson (Not pictured: Neal Raby, Paul Armour)
Captain: Brad Gordon Co-Captain: Bob Deatherade
The 1954 Waves had a total of 8 games on their schedule:
Polk County – Coalfield – Homestead – Copperhill – Ducktown – Kingston – Friendsville – Oakdale
Brad Gordon scored the first touchdown which came against Copperhill (now known as Copper Basin).