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1948 GACA North/South Game
Aug. 18, 1948
Site: Grant Field
Score: South 6, North 0
Personnel
Coaches
North: Jim Cavan, Griffin and Oliver Hunnicutt, LaGrange
South: Wright Bazemore, Valdosta and Bob Sperry, Albany
North
Key players
- George Maloof (Marist, E)
- Jimmy Henson (Gainesville, E)
- Tommy Woodlee (Gordon Lee, B)
- Dexter Poss (Thomson, FB)
- Lawton Grant (Brown, HB)
- Pete Ferris (Griffin, QB)
- Earl Rowe (Griffin, B)
- Beckwith (Brown, E)
- Ed Greenway (Athens, T)
- Bob Nordan (Spalding, C)
- Ray Beck (Cedartown, G)
- Philpot (Cedartown, G)
- John Allen (Rome)
- Nelms (Fulton)
- Akins (Griffin)
- Dobbs (Gainesville)
- Starnes (LaGrange)
- Spears (Gainesville)
- Earl Allen (Brown)
- Garner (Rockmart)
- Rohner (Marietta)
- Baskin (Marietta)
- Hicks (Rockmart)
- Bozeman (Rome)
- Watts (Toccoa)
- Hubert Hitchcock (West Fulton, B)
South
Key players
- Bobby Stone (Tifton, G)
- Neal Greer (Benedictine, C)
- Billy Grant (Valdosta, B)
- Charley Jordan (Valdosta, B)
- Sonny Stephenson (Valdosta, E)
- Jeff Burgamy (Albany, T)
- Pat Brooks (Valdosta, B)
- Buford McGee (Fitzgerald, E)
- Sweat (Albany)
- Smith (Tifton)
- Howard Allen (Jordan)
- Ralph Allen (Valdosta)
- Gunn (Baker Village)
- Robert Newman (Albany)
- Maxwell (Douglas)
- Garrett (Albany)
- Barnum (Thomasville)
- Tommy Wester (Bainbridge, B)
- Kennedy (Baker Village)
- Rice (Americus)
- Whitaker (Albany)
- Albert Woodham (Albany)
- Lebon (Albany)
Game summary
The Valdosta contingent saved the day for the South. The Rebs dominated the statistics, leading 225-61 in total offense and 14-4 in first downs. Still, the game was a scoreless tie entering the fourth. Valdosta’s Billy Grant, who would play at UGA, threw six yards to fellow Valdostan Charley Jordan early in the fourth quarter for the game’s only score. The game drew 24,000 fans to Grant Field, the largest to attend a North-South game to this point.