History of Nashville Football - Question

[coachtut]

#2-indians,#3-bobby leech,#4-the banner,#6-parking cars on football field during the state fair,,-golden tornado,#9 nashville central,#10-??-east :confused:

[coachtut]

My bad!!!!

[coach763]

For Cole & Scout.....McG formed by Donelson, Two Rivers, Cameron, and CENTRAL. Good try!

 

Coachtut, good guesses Varallo starred at East and later coached there and other burned school was Hillsboro in the 50s....you ain't bad so 1 good mark

 

I will leave questions 5 & 7 for 1 more day

[Edited by coach763 on 12-28-02 7:32A]

 

[DS2001]

Guys, I am having a great time reading these posts. It brings back so many memories. My grandparents went to Central, My mother went to St. Cecilia, my father went to East, and all of us kids went to Father Ryan and St Cecilia.

Busing truly did bring an end to the community school concept in Nashville.

Keep the thread going, This is a great history lesson!

[yodude]

One might hope that people like shadow and coach763 would write a book or publish something about the History of Nashville Football, or overall athletics for that matter. You know guys, you could supplement your social security income or put a down payment on the "retirement home" or something. You could include other people with information such as Clint Parnell, Mama Johnson, or any of the old heads who would love to pass the info on to us young pups who still care.

[coach763]

Yodude............

I am assuming that your comments directed towards coaches Johnson and Parnell were really of a positive nature, therefore.........here is a "tip" for future reference. Coach Gerald Johnson is perhaps the very best pure coach of football, basketball, and baseball (softball) that has ever graced this state. He is a mentor to many coaches and none of them would dare call him "Mama" in his presence or away from him. That "endearing" term was from his college days, and guys he played with sometimes referred to him with that nickname......youngpups ain't allowed, if you wish to draw from that fount of knowledge. It is disrespectful to him. This is just a suggestion!!

Any thing about the old NIL bring back great memories to some, but only a very few really care anymore.

[coach763]

5.) Old rotating Litkenhous State Championship Trophy still resides at Maplewood HS as final winner.

7.) Solitary graduate of his senior class of 1960 was the most famous Glencliff Colt....Wayne Bush. We still wonder how he did that!........first graduating class of Glencliff was 1961.

[LILAL]

A few other that had the eye of the tiger and the respect for the game of football in Nashville. PAUL BURGESS, HERSCHEL MOORE, BILL BRIMM, KEN REDMOND,HOWARD ALSUP, are great examples----COACH

[shadow]

Great idea, the true stories 763 and myself would write would be a great resource on"what to do", and "WHAT NOT TO DO" assuming we could keep a thought more than 60 seconds.LILAL---more good old dudes, GARLAND RUSSELL-still coaching, The late Tommy Owen,& Warren Dunn, Cliff [the leader] Goodman are just a few more good ones.

[BDP]

Hey guys, as a young kid growing up in North Nash I saw my 1st Clinic bowl in the early sixty's. I believe Chatt Brainerd was one of the teams but can't remember the other.Everyone I've asked says I crazy. Can you help?

[coach763]

I think that might have been possible.........I remember BGA led by QB Duke Shakleford playing Bradley Central led by QB Steve Sloan, but most of the time it was 2 Middle Tennessee teams.

[yodude]

Coach 763, at no time in my post did I ever mean any disrespect for Coach Johnson at all. They were very much positive comments! I started to write "Coach Gerald Johnson" but wasn't quite sure if most anyone else would know who I was referring about. I have the utmost respect for him, as well as the other "elder statesmen" that have been mentioned. Also, I was very sincere about someone writing about the history of football in Nashville. The sooner the better, guys like you and shadow are not getting any younger either!