Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

Marvin Hood – 1992

Marvin Hood Inducted 1992 The 1934 Waycross High School Bulldogs, coached by B.W. Rushton and Marshall O’Rear were 6-3. It was the best record by the Bulldogs in ten years. At the end of the season, Marvin Hood, 170 pound senior fullback (and four year letterman) was...

Marvin Hurst – 1988

Marvin Hurst Inducted 1988 He was one of Waycross High School’s finest all around athletes. He lettered in football, baseball and track during a brilliant high school career. During the 1958-1961 seasons he scored 57 touchdowns, rushed for 4058 yards and in 1960 led...

Jim (Smiley) Burrows – 2013

Jim (Smiley) Burrows  Inducted 2013 Jim “Smiley” Burrows played football for the Waycross High School Bulldogs from 1956 through 1959. His life-long love for sports, particularly football, began as a running back for the Morton Avenue Elementary School Panthers....

Melton Callahan – 2005

Melton Callahan Inducted 2005 Both of Melton’s high school coaches (Dub Kendrick and Earl O’Neal) are in the Hall of Fame. Certainly, his football skills and exploits were contributory to their inductions into the Hall of Fame. He lettered for three years at WHS....

Inductees

Meet our Inductees 1986E. Kontz Bennett, Sr. – 1986Herbert Bradshaw, Sr. – 1986Liston Elkins – 1986George (Hooks) Hart – 1986Paul Brodie – 1986 F.H. (Shine) Lee – 1986 J.A. (Jake) Lankford – 1986Dorothy Bunn Murray –...