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1963 GACA North/South Game
Aug. 8, 1963
Site: Grant Field
Score: South 14, North 6
Personnel
Coaches
North: Frank Fabris, Rossville
South: Jimmy Hightower, Americus
North
Key players
- Kim King (Brown, QB)
- Bucky Ayers (Cedartown, QB)
- Bill McWhorter (Morgan County, HB, hurt in practice)
- Roy Jarrett (Murphy, HB)
- Felton Lancaster (Cross Keys)
- Steve Copeland (Sylvan, E)
- Mac Perry (Murphy, E)
- Lynn Gammage (Cedartown, T)
- Dan Gunnels (North Habersham, T)
- Jeff Hollis (Decatur, G)
- Bill Hull (Rossville, C)
- Woody Chastain (Athens, HB)
- Steve Shiflett (Cedartown, HB)
- Tommy Carlisle (Avondale, FB)
- Tommy Yates (Murphy, T)
- Dowis Johnson (Tucker, HB)
- Howard Longshore (Troup, FB)
- Johnny Martin (Westminster)
- Richard Rosebush (Westminster, E)
South
Key players
- Rick Thomas (Valdosta, QB)
- Larry Green (Cairo, B)
- Stan Reaves (Valdosta, HB)
- Tommy Benson (Warren County, B)
- Mark Bowen (Willingham, E)
- Frank Richter (Cairo, E)
- Lamar Wright (Dodge County, T)
- Warren Purvis (Wayne County, T)
- John Preston (Baker, G)
- Jimmy Benson (Albany, G)
- Jimmy Robinson (Valdosta, C)
- Giles Smith (Valdosta, HB)
- Walter Zant (Valdosta, FB)
Game summary
Valdosta’s Rick Thomas scored from 3 yards in the first and the South led 7-0. Kim King ran 37 yards in the second to cut the lead to 7-6. Valdosta’s Walter Zant scored from 5 yards in the third.