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1954 GACA North/South Game
Aug. 6, 1954
Site: Grant Field
Score: North 12, South 0
Personnel
Coaches
North: Erskine Russell, Grady and Gene Alexander, South Habersham
South: Knuck McCrary, Moultrie and Thomas P Stewart, Dublin
North
Key players
- Wilbur Lofton (Grady, FB)
- Joe DeLany (North Fulton, HB)
- Rannie Smith (West Point, HB)
- Gene Reeves (Bass, QB)
- Paul Vickers (North Fulton, E)
- Roy Vickery (Murphy, T)
- Mike Anderson (Murphy, G)
- Walter Stovall (Grady, C)
- David Brotherton (Rossville, G)
- Leon Askew (Brown, T)
- R.K. Brown (Northside, E)
- Agnew Peacock (Athens, E)
- James Loudermilk (South Habersham, E)
- Eugene Turman (Toccoa, E)
- Joe Rowland (Hartwell, E)
- Johnny Mitchell (Dalton, T)
- Dwight Horton (Northside, T)
- Jackie Satterfield (Jonesboro, T)
- Dan Logue (Decatur, T)
- Lamar Clegburn (Griffin, G)
- Mike Trotter (Grady, G)
- Paul Crenshaw (LaGrange, G)
- David Meyer (Grady, G)
- Ed Crawford (Decatur, C)
- Jim Tidwell (Murphy, C)
- Charlie Maynard (Decatur, B)
- Jimmy Laster (Newton County, B)
- Jack Ledford (Ellijay, B)
- Danny Sherrer (LaGrange, B)
- Billy Peeples (Griffin, B)
- George Counts (Murphy, B)
- Dan South (Marietta, B)
- Garfield Cobb (Toccoa, B)
South
Key players
- Billy Swilley (Albany, E)
- Bob Sheshan (Boys Catholic, T)
- Don Braswell (Albany, G)
- Elmer Lott (Savannah, C)
- William Sanders (Lanier, G)
- Johnny Spooner (Moultrie, T)
- Lindsey Bass (Tifton, E)
- Gene Snipes (Moultrie, QB)
- Henry Dukes (Boys Catholic, HB)
- Don Smith (Jesup, HB)
- Billy Kitchens (Lanier, FB)
- Ken Cooper (Tifton, E)
- Robert Cape (Putnam County, E)
- Ronald Wetherington (Valdosta, E)
- Bobby Almand (Lanier, E)
- Thomas White (R.E. Lee, T)
- Jimmy Grantham (Jesup, T)
- Richard Doucet (Columbus, T)
- Paul McNeal (Valdosta, T)
- Furman Griffis (Quitman, G)
- Alan Key (Lanier, G)
- Charlie Blackburn (Moultrie, G)
- Don Beasley (Tifton, G)
- Billy Austin (Columbus, C)
- Wimpy Odom (Richmond Academy, C)
- Billy Hearn (Putnam County, B)
- Richard Miles (Jordan, B)
- Billy Crenshaw (Hawkinsville, B)
- Jimmy Usry (Americus, B)
- Charlie Barnes (Irwin County, B)
- Hollis Register (Irwin County, B)
- Theron Sapp (Lanier, B)
- Charlie Milam (Moultrie, B)
Game summary
Wilbur Lofton of Grady ran for 95 yards on 15 carries and scored both touchdowns on short runs. Murphy’s Mike Anderson and Roy Vickery destroyed the South’s rushing attack. Joe DeLany of North Fulton was the MVP. His 37-yard pass to R.K. Brown set up the game-clinching score in the fourth.