Waycross-Ware County Sports Hall of Fame

Paul Brodie – 1986

Paul Brodie Inducted 1986 He was one of Waycross High’s all-time great football performers. Paul played fullback on the Bulldog eleven that lost to Moultrie in the second 1937 South Georgia Football Association playoff match. He made the All-SGFA squad as a junior and...

George (Hooks) Hart – 1986

George (Hooks) Hart Inducted 1986 He lettered in football and tract at Waycross High School and attended Armstrong State College on a football scholarship. He holds Waycross High School record of six touchdowns in a game against Hazlehurst in 1936; which was won by...

Liston Elkins – 1986

Liston Elkins Inducted 1986 He was a graduate of Waycross High School and Davdison College. He lettered at Waycross High in basketball and was outstanding in amateur cage leagues in Waycross and with the YMCA “Red Flashes”. He filled several important...

Herbert Bradshaw, Sr. – 1986

Herbert Bradshaw, Sr. Inducted 1986 He was an ardent supporter of baseball on the high school, American Legion and amateur level and was most instrumental in organizing Waycross Baseball Association and obtaining the Waycross Bears a berth in the old Georgia-Florida...

E. Kontz Bennett, Sr. – 1986

E. Kontz Bennett, Sr. Inducted 1986 He was Captain of the first Waycross Prep School Team in 1910. He lettered in tennis at University of Georgia and was an excellent swimmer and lifetime sports enthusiast. After graduation from University of Georgia, he entered...