McComb High School - Camellian Yearbook (McComb, MS)

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Touchdown 1967 Trophy Winners Bob Troutman Sportsmanship Phil Abernathy Most Valuable Back Ted Milton Most Valuable Player Bill Carr Permanent Team Co-Captain 72 Robert Davis Most Valuable Lineman Joe Parker Most Hustling Non-Letterman Dan Lewman Permanent Team Co-Captain Danny Johnson Most improved Player Club

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Dan Lewman turns the corner for a long Tiger igain .- Ending the season, the Tigers dis- played their true abilities by defeat- ing the Brookhaven Panthers, their traditional rivals. At the conclusion of the first quarter, Phil Abernathy crashed over the Panther goal line | to set the pace for the rest of the | game. Lynn Gaskin cinched the game | for McComb with his interception for a touchdown. The game ended with a score of 14-0 favorably put on Mc- Comb’‘s record. WALLACE POPE—Split End DAVID SCHENCK—Tight End Junior Senior 71

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Banquet fetes athletes Held on December 15, 1967, in the Gibson High cafeteria, the 1967 Touchdown Club Ban- quet featured Rev. David Mclntosh, pastor of Leavell Woods Methodist Church in Jackson, as guest speaker. The presentations of awards to outstanding players of the Tiger gridiron team were made. Rev. Mcintosh, who made the All Big- Eight Team while playing football for the Mc- Comb Tigers, returned to his Alma Mater to give a moving speech on sportsmanship. The trophies presented were donated by various businesses and organizations: Most Val- vable Player, donated by Hainer’s; Permanent Team Captain, Touchdown Club; Most Valuable Lineman, Rotary Club; Most Valuable Back, Lions Club; Most Improved Player, Sam’s Sport Shop; Most Hustling Non-Letterman, Charles Parker trophy given by Parker Auto Parts; Sportsman- ship trophy, Touchdown Club. An enthusiastic crowd of players, their dates, and interested parents and businessmen attended the memorable event.