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I'm an outsider looking in but the Alcoa team is as tallented across the board as any in the state, but if you've ever watched the replay on cable it's an emberassment. You would think that a school with so much tradition could get some announcers that know something about football! I had to double check what I was watching. I thought for a moment that it was "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" and Steve Martin was going to call someone a jabber mouth.

Alcoa's Goddard Field is named after V.F. Goddard who was the Alcoa superintendent of schools from 1924 t0 1957

If you could combine the list of players from both schools it would certainly be impressive. Probably as impressive as any in the state considering how far back the lists go. Alcoa started FB in 1925 and Maryville before that. I'm just more familiar with Alcoa's players and history. I've only seen the old films on Albert Sr. He really seemed to be a man among boys at the time. There's a high light film that's floating around somewhere

I also have been made aware that I didn't include Tyrus Gilmore from the AHS class of 92' who played linebacker for Mississippi State.

Thanks for the additional nformation!

FBE as a long time supporter of Maryville/Blount Co athletics you should already have full knowledge of the names of any local athlete from Maryville/Blount/and yes even Alcoa who has moved on to bigger and better things. Just in case, and since you're curious, here is a list of the Alcoa's FB players and the date of their graduation from AHS. They certainly all didn't contribute in the same amounts, but were all in uniform of the schools listed and not as walk-ons. 50s Boomer Borring UT 50s Bobby Dover Georgia Tech 50s Bill Sennett Georgia Tech 50s Bobby Wolfe Georgia Tech 60s Gary Hart Vanderbilt 60s Tommy Yates Furman 67 Albert Davis TN State, Philadelphia Eagles 67 David Davis TN State, Green Bay Packers 69 Tim George CN, Cin. Bengals, Cleavland Browns 71 Ned Lidval Kentucky 73 David Grear Georgia Tech 77 Mark Love UT 77 Barry Lail ETSU 81 Todd Upton UT 81 Mitch Love Appy State 86 Willie Lundy CN 90 Billy Williams UT, Arizona Cardinals 90 Chad Smith MTSU 90 Kevin Jackson TN Tech 90 Jamie Henry UT 90 Shannon Mitchell Georgia, SanDiego Chargers 96 Korey Conner MTSU I'm sure I've missed someone along the line, but it's the list as I've researched it. I'm not comparing Alcoa to Maryville or anyone else, just providing requested information. I've not included recent signees because they have yet to don the uniform of where they have signed, or Albert Davis Jr. 94' who did recieve a scholarship from Georgia but decided to enter the MLB draft instead.