6 man History

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From the Brownsville Herald September 4, 1941 on La Joya going to six man for the 1941 season.

 

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From the Galveston Daily News September 4, 1941 on the upcoming 6 man season for League City and Dickinson, members of District 17B 6 man.

 

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From the Abilene Reporter-News, September 5, 1941 on the upcoming season in District 5B 6 man.

 

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From the Galveston Daily News on Spetember 6, 1941 on a protest letter by the players on the La Marque team to the school board on going to 6 man for the 1941 season.

 

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From the September 7, 1941 Big Spring Herald on Forsan's upcomiing 6 man season.View attachment Big Spring Herald September 7, 1941 on Forsan 6 man season.png

 

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September 7, 1941 Valley Sta-Monitor article on the organization of the Lower Rio Grande River valley 6 man league.

 

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From the Midland Reporter-Telegram September 9, 1941 on the upcoming Klondike-Courtney game.

 

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From the Galveston Daily News september 9, 1941 on La Marque wanting to join District 17B 6 man.

 

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Brownsville Herald, September 12, 1941 on the upcoming Los Fresnos 6 man season

 

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From the Bonham Dali Favorite September 12, 1941 that mentions the upcoming Dodd City-Savoy 6 man game

 

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From the Pampa News September 16, 1941 on the upcoming Kelton-Groom 6 man game and the other 6 man games in the upper Panhandle.

 

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Big Spring Herald September 14, 1941 on District 8B 6 man naming referees for all the upcoming games.

 

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From the BS Herald again, same date on the upcoming Dawson County 6 man season

 

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Same paper, same date on the previous Friday's Forsan-Knott game.

 

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From the Galveston Daily News September 18, 1941 on the Dickinson team playing an independent schedule of 6 6 man games and 3 11 man games.

 

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Amarillo Daily News September 18, 1941 on the upcoming Vega-Price Memorial (Now Amarillo Holy Cross) 6 man game

 

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Galveston Daily News, September 19, 1941 on the upcoming League City-Missouri City 6 man game.

 

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Galveston Daily News on La Marque's debut as a 6 man team. They had been playing 11 man for a couple of years previously.

 

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Another article from the same paper on Danbury being favored to take District 18B 6 man.

 

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Note the teams in this district.

Pearland
La Marque
Danbury
Van Vleck
Dickinson
Friendswood
League City
Sweeney
Damon

Pearland and Dickinson are now 5A schools
Friendswood is a 4A school
La Marque is a 3A school (when did they drop from 4A?)
Sweeny is also a 3A school now
Danbury, Van Vleck are 2A schools
League City and Damon are Ghost schools