ok so I went back in what I found over the last couple of days and tried to put it into a linear format and heres what I have pulled out.
- 1936-1937 Coach Leland H. Dickson of Orange Grove decided to play Six-man, due to recent scheduling issues with local 11-man teams because they had previously used “outlaw” players. “Two men recall the six-man team” Article Nov 18, 2011 Alice Echo.
- Sometime after that they played Castroville High School “Two men recall the six-man team” Article Nov 18, 2011 Alice Echo.
- Sometime after that they played the best team from the Valley at Texas A & I University which is located in Kingsville. The Valley team is still in question. “Years of Six-Man Football at Orange Grove High School” Article Nov 18, 2011 Alice Echo.
- 1938-1939 “Bishop, Banquette, Agua Dulce, San Diego, Benavides and more” six-man teams were all mentioned by Delmas Seidel in the “Two men recall the six-man team” Article Nov 18, 2011 Alice Echo.
- George Carl Gutschke, as mentioned in his memorial, played on the 1939 Orange Grove Six-Man state championship football team. Graduated from Orange Grove in 1943. Passed away and went to six-man heaven March 18, 2014.
- Wednesday Nov 22, 1939 – The Harligen news paper said that “Six-man football takes over Cardinal Field here Wednesday night and when the smoke of the battle has cleared, the Rio Grande Valley will have it’s first six-man gridiron champion.”
- The Warriors (Santa Rosa) were one of the original members of a six-man district in the Rio Grande Valley that lasted from 1939 to 1954. McAllen Monitor August 29, 2006.
- Santa Rosa won the first six-man district title in the Valley in the district's inaugural season, but the team did not make the playoffs again for a staggering 48 years. McAllen Monitor August 29, 2006.
- 1941 Valley teams HI Jardin, Los Fresnos, St. Joseph's Academy (Brownsville), en-Eagle star; Sharyland ; Wilson school, San Perlita
- Delmas P. Seidel, 87, passed away and went to six-man football heaven February 3, 2010?
