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Best Players from the Old NIL (Nashville Interscholastic League)


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Wayne Bush-Glencliff

Kenny Johnson-Donelson

Bonnie Sloan--Litton

Bill Wade--MBA

Chuck Boyd-Madison

Austin Denney-Donelson

Alex Gordy-Litton

Tom Moore-Goodlettsville

Richard Fulton-East

Maxie Runyon--Cohn

Kenneth Duke-Litton

Bobby Tillman--Litton

Mike Jones-Stratford

Preston Brown-Maplewood

Tom Marshall-Mt. Juliet

Greg Gaines-DuPont

George Volkert-Litton

Johnny Tomlinson--Litton (one year anyway)

Chuck Steagald--Donelson

 

There are way too many to mention. Maybe the best back and lineman from each team would be more like it, although that would still be hard to do.

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wow, that list would be huge!

A question I would have- what year did the NIL go out of existence?

 

Some I remember were Fred Fisher, Barry Burton, Lonnie Sadler, Jimmy Gaylor, and Ralph Carnahan.

The NIL still existed through the '78 season, although the district set-up had made it a bit irrelevant. The '70 season, when MBA played Two Rivers in the Clinic Bowl, is probably the last time the NIL had real importance.

 

Some that I would list (and I'll go for the obscure here)

 

Danny Hunley (Cumberland)

Terry Potter (Goodlettsville)

David Belt (Madison)

Walter Herod (Hendersonville)

Walter Overton (Pearl)

Jeff Woodcock (Maplewood)

Anybody who lettered (MBA, '66-'68)

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E.J. Junior (Mapelwood & University of Alabama) was All-Pro in the NFL

Lester McClain (Antioch & University of Tennessee)

"Jefferson Street" Joe Gillam (Pearl, Tennessee State, Pittsburgh Steelers)

 

Mike Wright (Father Ryan) was probably the best QB from Middle Tennessee until Ingle Martin (MBA) started to play. Is it true that one of Wright's daughters is married to Martin?

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E.J. Junior (Mapelwood & University of Alabama) was All-Pro in the NFL

Lester McClain (Antioch & University of Tennessee)

"Jefferson Street" Joe Gillam (Pearl, Tennessee State, Pittsburgh Steelers)

 

Mike Wright (Father Ryan) was probably the best QB from Middle Tennessee until Ingle Martin (MBA) started to play. Is it true that one of Wright's daughters is married to Martin?

Yes, his daughter Jennifer married Ingle a year or so ago. She pitched softball for Alabama for four years. His other daughter, Amy, has dated Matt Frieje (Vanderbilt basketball) for years as well.

 

What about Carlton Flatt, head coach at <a href='http://www.coacht.com/inside/team.cfm?SchoolID=37&SportID=1' target='_blank'>Brentwood Academy</a>? Didn't he play ball in Nashville?

Carlton Flatt played at the old Cumberland High School in North Nashville.

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Carlton Flatt played at the old Cumberland High School in North Nashville.

Howell Flatt was in the backfield at Cumberland in those years. I believe they were cousins, or something. I believe that Howell was athletic director at MT Juliet a few years back. :thumb:

Wayne Bush was 20 or 21 as a senior at Glencliff.

Bill Wade had the strongest arm of any QB from the NIL.

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