1950 GACA North/South Game

Aug. 18, 1950

Site: Grant Field

Score: North 7, South 7 (tie)

Personnel

Coaches

North: LC "Flash" Gordon, Thomson and Wilbur Stanley, Winder

South: Vassa Cate, Waycross and Erskine Mills

Note: New rule, the coaches had to include 11 players from Class B and C schools on their 33-man rosters.

North

Key players

• Franklin “Pepper” Rodgers (Brown, QB)
• Ed “Bulldog” Carithers (Brown, T)
• Cecil Trainer (Brown, E)
• John Dodd (LaGrange, B)
• Bobby Doan (Decatur, T)
• Joe Dacus (Summerville, B)
• Cordell Maddox (LaGrange, C)
• Jack Fligg (Decatur, C)
• Gerald Ford (LaGrange, T)
• Tommy “Butch” Dowman (Decatur, E)
• Bill Dunford (Jonesboro, B)
• Courts Redford (Decatur, B)
• John Hunsinger (Brown, FB)
• Arthur “Skin” Edge (LaGrange, B)
• Gordon Malloy (North Fulton, B, hurt shoulder during practice and didn’t play in game)
• Charles Hopper (Griffin, G)
• Norman “Pig” Campbell (Brown, G)
• Charlie Earnest (Cedartown, B)
• Henry Hair (Marist, E)
• Charlie Brannon (Brown, B)
• Frank Wilkinson (Newnan, C)
• Donald Sosebee (Dallas, E)
• George Heard (West Point, G)
• Price (Lavonia, T)
• Bobby Aycock (Rome, E)
• Tom Sprayberry (Trion, T)

South

Key players

• Bob Sherman (Glynn Academy, T)
• Gene Pedrick (Fitzgerald, B)
• Bobby Strickland (Eatonton, C)
• Bill Burt (Cook, QB)
• Billy Bryant (Louisville, E)
• Joe Hall (Columbus, E)
• Eddie Dykes (Glynn Academy, E)
• Billy Brigman (Glynn Academy, B)
• Lee Owens (Glynn Academy, B)
• Clarence “Sonny” George (Glynn Academy, B)
• John Hammock (Jesup, T)
• Phil Clark (Albany, E)
• Hillman Rhodes (Glynn Academy, B)
• Virgil Willis (Tifton, E)
• Charles Maloney (Cook, B)
• Frankie McHann (Albany, B)
• Quinton Slaughter (Glynn Academy, C)
• Ramond Burkett (Valdosta, T)
• Roy Barker (Quitman, QB)
• Jerry Jacobson (Waycross, G)
• Billy Reagin (Commercial Savannah, B)

Game summary

The North was favored by two touchdowns. The game was scoreless going into the fourth. Jonesboro’s Bill Dunford broke loose on a 45-yard scoring run on the second play of the fourth quarter. Pepper Rodgers split the uprights for the extra point. The South followed with a short drive climaxed by Sonny George’s short run. George’s placement kick to tie was very close. The referees huddled for a few moments before declaring the kick good. Total offense for the game was almost even with the South gaining 186 to the North’s 184 yards.