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1959 GACA North/South Game
Aug. 6, 1959
Site: Grant Field
Score: South 13, North 6
Personnel
Coaches
North: Calvin Ramsey, Avondale
South: Joe Sumrall, Thomasville
North
Key players
- Ronnie McCain (Bremen, HB)
- Dan Blackburn (Smyrna, QB)
- Doug Cooper (Sylvan, QB)
- Bobby Dodd, Jr. (Grady, QB)
- George Cheek (Stephens County, HB)
- Richard Brooks (Griffin)
- Jake Saye (Morgan County, HB)
- Bobby Burson (Newnan, HB)
- Ralph Westmoreland (Griffin, B)
- David Hogg (North Fulton, E)
- Bobby Duty (O’Keefe, E)
- Bryson Mitchell (Bass, T)
- Ed Hertwig (Newton County, T)
- Bill Van Dyke (North Fulton, G)
- Jim Wade (Grady, G)
- Joe Ansley (Decatur, C)
- Jim Parks (Sylvan, C)
- Joe Kozloski (Marietta, G)
- Mike Broadbear (Northside, T)
- Lee Scroggins (West Point, B)
South
Key players
- Larry Foster (Forest Park, T)
- Bill Wilson (Columbus, T)
- Bill Ivey (Albany, T)
- Arnold White (Fitzgerald, T)
- Gilroy Garner (Richmond Academy, QB)
- Bozey Thomas (Valdosta, FB)
- Johnny Harris (North Clayton, QB)
- Otis Fletcher (Valdosta)
- Jack Swygert (Jonesboro, HB)
- Jimmy Burson (LaGrange, HB)
- Mack Matthews (Lincolnton, HB)
- Hugh Deal (Statesboro, G)
- Emerson Brown (Coffee County, G)
- Jimmy Dix (Glynn Academy, E)
- Leon Holland (Moultrie, E)
- Ronald Collins (Thomasville, C)
- Dan Davis (Screven County, HB)
- Jack McCorkle (Cairo, G)
- Herman Wilkes (Swainsboro, G)
- Ferrell Henry (Miller County, T)
- Donald Cook (Forest Park, HB)
- Don Hartley (Savannah, E)
- Gary Glover (Waynesboro, HB)
- Jimmy Barber (Waycross, B)
Game summary
Screven County’s Dan Davis scored all 13 points for the South, running for 77 yards on 13 carries. Newnan’s Bobby Burson ran 9 yards to give the North a 6-0 lead in the first. Davis’ 15-yard run in the second tied the score and his 13-yard run and conversion run gave the South the lead in the third. Jimmy Burson from LaGrange played for the South and his cousin Bobby Burson from Newnan played for the North.