Johnnie Green Inducted 2003 Johnnie Green was an extraordinarily gifted athlete. He played football and basketball for four consecutive years at Center High School. He was a first string player all four years in both sports. Johnnie culminated his high school career...
Lankford Lee Inducted 2002 Ware County High School was established in 1958. Lankford was in the first class to have attended all four years at the new school. He graduated in 1962. He lettered in football, baseball and track. His football coach, Tommy Guillebeau, was...
Mary Brantley Mattson Inducted 2002 On a visit to Mary Rogers’ parents home, famed sportswriter Grantland Rice encouraged Mary to take up golf. She did and the rest is history. Mary began playing competitive golf in 1928 until 1935, she was one of the best female...
Bennie Evans Inducted 2002 Bennie was in the class of 1949 at Waycross High School and earned accolades in both football and baseball. During the 1948 football season he was credited with the longest touchdown run from scrimmage. It was an electrifying scamper of 82...
Dorothy Miles Benefield Inducted 2002 Dorothy graduated from Center High in 1966. She ran the 100 yard dash and anchored the 440 relay team. Surprisingly, she also threw the shop put and javelin. This was certainly unusual for a sprinter. During high school she never...
Earl O’Neal Inducted 2002 Earl was one of the most successful coaches in Waycross High School history. He served as head coach from 1959 through the 1964 season compiling an enviable record of 50 wins and 17 loses. His 1960 team (13-0) and 1961 team (12-1) won...
