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1949 GACA North/South Game
Aug. 19, 1949
Site: Grant Field (28,000 attended)
Score: North 19, South 0
Personnel
Coaches
North: RL "Shorty" Doyal, Marist and Charles Waller, Decatur
South: C.M. "Charley" Page, Glynn Academy
North
Key players
- Chappell Rhino (Marist, B)
- Don Knighton (Marist, B)
- Pete Brown (Rossville, B)
- Jackie Roberts (Gainesville, B)
- Glenn Hyde (LaGrange, T)
- Ronald Williams (LaGrange, C)
- Robert West (Marietta, E)
- John Carson (Roosevelt, E)
- Milford Bennett (Murphy)
- Hansford Jones (Marist, G)
- Conrad Moon (Smith, B)
- Opal Moon (O’Keefe, E)
- Charles Grimsley (Toccoa)
South
Key players
- Lauren Hargrove (Fitzgerald, B)
- Jack Hill (Valdosta, B)
- Jesse Finch (Glennville, B)
- Bobby Harrison (Waycross, B)
- Clyde Young (Dawson)
- Erwin Mitchell (Thomasville)
- Lamar Wynn (Fitzgerald)
- Fred Lockett (Savannah)
- Kenneth Johnson (Fort Valley)
- Derwent Langley (Richmond Academy)
- Buddy Griffin (Lanier)
- Erich Sauerbrey (Lanier)
Game summary
Charley Roberts wrote, “Poor Mr. Hargrove, about whose greatness there is little doubt, never had a chance to get started, so hard was he pressed and hounded by a big agile North line. The Fitzgerald Catapult managed only five yards on 14 totes.” The North’s Don Knighton (ex-Boys and Marist star) scored twice in the first half on runs of 1 and 8 yards. Future UGA great Jackie Roberts of Gainesville added a 67-yard scoring run in the fourth.