1969 GACA North/South Game

Aug. 8, 1969

Site: Porter Stadium in Macon

Score: South 9, North 7

Personnel

Coaches

North: Bobby Gruhn, Gainesville

South: Godfrey "Goot" Steiner, Lanier

North

Key players

• Doug Jarboe (Decatur, SE)
• Steve Smith (Southwest Atlanta, TE)
• Mike Malloy (Sandy Springs, T)
• Eugene Davis (Washington, T)
• Dale Vezey (Gainesville, G)
• Mac McWhorter (Therrell, G)
• Ray Bradford (Towers, C)
• Alan Chadwick (Decatur, QB)
• Ronnie Trowell (Sandy Springs, QB)
• Alfred Jenkins (Hogansville, HB)
• Forest Starks (Dalton, HB)
• Steve Morgan (St. Pius, Flanker)
• Jerome Nelloms (Archer, FB)
• Jim Arnett (St. Pius, DE)
• Danny Dantzler (Dalton, DE)
• Doug Burnett (Forest Park, DT)
• Mitchell Sutton (Stone Mountain, DT)
• Dennis Smith (Roswell, G)
• Ricky Lake (Dalton, LB)
• Milton Bruce (Avondale, LB)
• Dave McCarty (St. Pius, LB)
• Garvin Byrd (Carrollton, DB)
• David Allen (Athens, DB)

South

Key players

• Albert White ( Glynn Academy, SE)
• Vance Bell (Lanier, TE)
• William Blount (Laney, T)
• Glenn Williams (Valdosta, T)
• Mike Barnes (Lanier, G)
• Gerome Rayls (Lanier, G)
• Vendell Bishop (Lanier, C)
• Ray Guy (Thomson, QB)
• Frank Demming (Valdosta, QB)
• Larry Howell (Valdosta, TB)
• William Forehand (Crisp County, Wingback)
• Jimmy Sanders (Americus, Wingback)
• Clayton Ferguson (Northside Warner Robins, FB)
• Bobby Thigpen (Warren County, FB)
• Tommy Smoak (Jenkins, DE)
• Walter Jones (Valdosta, DT)
• David Kent (Glynn Academy, LB)
• Charles Copeland (Warner Robins, DB)
• Gary Faulkner (Jones County, DB)
• Oscar Roberts (Irwin County, DB)
• Ronnie Pitcock (Valdosta, SS)
• James Thomas (Lanier, FS)

Game summary

Ray Guy kicked a 28-yard field goal and Charles Copeland scored a touchdown in the fourth as the South came from behind to win.