BEST RUNNING BACKS IN TSSAA HISTORY

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Joe Longmire-Bruceton

Terrance Bell- Huntingdon

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Kelcey Williams

Eric Westmoreland

Ralph King

Troy Fleming

[briarcrest23]

Sneaky, that was a classic game. I thought you guys had us when you returned the opening punt for a touchdown.

 

Well, you begged the question out of me...if that BA team was the second best you played against, who was the best?

 

 

94' Riverdale but not by much

Ah, another classic team. That must've been a heck of a game, too.

what about the 91 MUS team with Marc MacMillan, John Sartelle, and Hart Weatherford? did any of yall play against them?

[krp]

Sam Picket maybe not the best but, the best I ever saw in 1-a

[flngrvy]

Old school response here:

 

Jimmy Woods-one of the Clarksville teams in the 70's

 

George Volkert-Litton High School in the 50's- GA Tech All American

 

Harry Majors-Mt. Juliet in the 70's

 

Potter from Goodlettsville-70's

 

Tony Glover-Antioch-70's

 

There was a kid from Oak Ridge in the 70's also who went on to play at Western Kentucky, forget his name but when the corner was turned-he was a blur.

Edited July 7, 2004 by flngrvy

[stats101]

My Favs. (they may not haven been the best but everyone loved watching them)

Troy Fleming- BGA

Eddie Moore- South Pittsburg

Eric Westmoreland -Marion County

Sam Pickett- South Pittsburg

[MSUBac2001]

The 5 best I have ever seen play in TN (film or otherwise) was:

 

Old School, Curt Watson-Cumberland County

James "Little Man" Stewart - Morristown

Troy Fleming- BGA

Alvin Duke - Murfreesboro Riverdale

Gerald Riggs - Red Bank

[kccc]

Ralph King Riverdale has to be the most overrated player to have come out of football ( In 2000 state championship football game he couldn't hold Gerald Riggs

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You are out of your mind if you think Ralph King was not a good back ...look at his numbers yeah Griggs is good too but dont take credit away from King

Edited July 9, 2004 by kccc

[WestHightrojanfan2007]

I dont think anyone has mentioned Chavez McCray from Mowest..Could have been awesome but he threw it away..

Also, Little Man was one of the best ever, if not, the best...

[redbaron515]

Best I wittnessed:

 

Ralph King-Riverdale

Reggie Grimes and Jahi Henley- Hunters Lane (I thought about Shaun Waller, but decided not to)

 

Abe Felix-Germantown-Houston

 

Calvin Bryant-Hillsboro

 

I have seen a few more, but names i cant remember. Mostly metro and Sumner County.

[5astatechamps04]

If u are in search of the best running back in TSSAA History, you would have to take a trip down to lower hardeman county. I currently can't recall the name of the school, but they were know for their dominatination of the football field back in the early 20s. There was a running back by the name of JonRufus Leroy Henning. I have one vivid memory of a game where he rushed for over 450yards on 45carries, on a cold snowy night in november. With the bad conditions of the then segrageted schools, they couldnt afford enough equipment for the whole team, so when offense and defense had to share equipment. Henning was not only a good runner he was tough, in the game of his 400+ yd performance he did it barefootedly, because of the finacial woes of the great depression he couldnt afford shoes or even socks. Also he had no breaks because that game his team only had 10 people that night because half of his teammates were drafted into the war and half of his teammate's parents wouldnt let them play that night, and the other half were somewhere in alabama picking cotton in the blazing hot sun, and the other half of his team died the week before in one of the first recorded racist acts of the ADA in co-ordaniance with the kkk. most people have prolly never heard of him because at that time it was hard for african americans to get noticed in a society ruled by jim crow laws. JonRufus Leroy Henning later became the first african american player to be on the roster of a mlb team but sadly he was assasinated before he could play his first game.

[WesVLT]

Scotty whitt,Clinton.

When did he play for Clinton? Was it during their Clinic Bowl appearance in '92?