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1956 GACA North/South Game
Aug. 9, 1956
Site: Grant Field
Score: South 33, North 6
Personnel
Coaches
North: Weyman Sellers, Athens
South: Oliver Hunnicutt, LaGrange
North
Key players
- Fred Murphy (Fulton, T)
- Marvin Fuller (Rossville, T)
- Ken Akin (Grady, G)
- Emmett Wilson (Rossville, E)
- Tommy Lewis (SW DeKalb, QB)
- Dillon Johnston (North Fulton, B)
- Lavon Holsomback (Rossville, B)
- Billy Slaughter (Athens, B)
- George Guisler (Athens, B)
- Carlton James (Athens, B)
- Doug Hatcher (Murphy, E)
- Benny Theodocion (Marietta, G)
- Bobby Cruikshank (North Fulton, B)
- Fred Brown (Northside, B)
South
Key players
- Bryant Harvard (Thomasville, QB)
- Dusty Mills (LaGrange, QB)
- Taz Anderson (Savannah, E)
- Walter Buce (Jordan, E)
- Jimmy Vickers (Moultrie, E)
- Buddy Bennett (Jesup, QB)
- Carter Ramsey (Savannah, T)
- J.L. Clark (Wacona, T)
- Brantley Kugar (Richmond Academy, T)
- Bubby Phillips (Albany, G)
- Ken Derriso (Swainsboro, G)
- Bobby Gene Harris (LaGrange, B)
- Bo Bradley (Columbus, B)
- James Brantley (Vidalia, B)
Game summary
Dusty Mills of LaGrange (at 5'6"and 134) directed scoring drives in each quarter to guide the South’s win. Bo Bradley scored the first touchdown on a four-yard run. Mills threw to Jimmy Vickers from 45 in the second. Bradley added another short scoring run in the third. Statesboro’s Joe Hines added the last two touchdowns in the fourth.