6 man History

[Old Bearkat]

75 years from now...how many schools and towns playing 6-man today won't be around any more?

Harrold Hornets HA!

Let's continue with this topic....

Benjamin Mustangs
Star Tigers
Marathon Mustangs - Already dropped football and probably all other sports

Oglesby
Paint Creek
Lohn
Calvert?

Morgan

Cranfils Gap?

 

[Old Bearkat]

1952 Sterling City Eagles

 

[Old Bearkat]

1954 Sterling City Eagles. Region 2 Champs. There was a misprint on the yearbook.

 

[Old Bearkat]

1955 Sterling City Eagles

 

[Old Bearkat]

1970 Milano Eagles 6 man team

 

[Old Bearkat]

1975 Milano. This was their last year in 6 man.

Note the 6 man all state list. There are some familiar names there.

 

[Leman Saunders]

That is way to small to read...don't see how you can read that!

 

[Old Bearkat]

One advantage of being nearsighted......

 

[Old Bearkat]

The name I was hinting at was Phil Mitchell.

 

[High Plains Drifter]

I am not sure, but I think the All-State team must have been selected by writers. I do not think the Association started picking the All-State team till several years later. Again not positive, but having players selected both ways may give it away.

 

[Old Bearkat]

1950 Blue Ridge Tigers

 

[Old Bearkat]

1951 Blue Ridge Tigers

 

[Old Bearkat]

1953 Utopia Buffaloes

 

[Old Bearkat]

1945 Whiteface Antelopes 6 man team.

 

[Old Bearkat]

1947 Whiteface Antelopes

 

[Old Bearkat]

1948 Water Valley

 

[smokeyjoe53]

Wonder if the Leddy is related to ML Leddy?

 

[Old Bearkat]

From an article in the 9/20/1938 San Antonio Express, a 6 man football league was formed with the following schools:

Driscoll
Agua Dulce
Orange Grove
Chapman Ranch
Flour Bluff

Of these 5 schools, Agua Dulce, Orange Grove and Flour Bluff are still in business.

 

[Old Bearkat]

From a December 18, 1941 article in the San Antonio Express

District champions in six-man football also have been determined.
They are:
1. Groom
2. South Lockett
3. Vera
4. Bryson
5. Sparenberg
6. Sterling City
7. Sylvester
8.Trent
9. Talpa
10. Pottsville
11. Josephine
12. Indian Rock (Gilmer)
13. Winona
14. Champion not reported
15. Diboll
16. Devers
17. New Waverly
18. Pearland
19. Markham
20. Hallettsville
21. Coupland
22. Prairie Lea
23. Yancey
24. Campellton
23. Ben Bolt
26. Los Fresnos

Cowboy, here's a few new names I've not posted here before.

 

[Old Bearkat]

From an article in the Corsicana Daily Sun from December 7, 1940:

AUSTIN, Dec. 7.—(fl3)—Twenty three
district champions In sixman football were announced today
by the Texas Interscholastic League.

When the mighty midgets last week wound up the season's competition,
the following had come out on top:

1. Crescent (Wharton)
2. D'Hanis
3. Prairie Lea
4. Allen
5 South Lockett (Vernon)
6. Danbury
7. Oglesby
8. Los Fresnos
9. Sparenburg
10. Hallettsville
11. Buena Vista (Imperial)
12. Westbrook
13. High Island
14. Divide (Nolan)
15. Mattson (Haskell)
20. Tuscola
21. Harleton
22. Hemphill
23. Richland