Clyde Parker Inducted 1993 Living on the corner of Emma and Butler (MLK Drive) Streets adjacent to Center High School as a small boy, he gravitated to the football practices where the older boys taught him the fundamentals of the game early on. He played for Coach...
Loy Lee (Fats) Taylor Inducted 1993 He was born September 12, 1911 and died October 15, 1976. His love for baseball began in his sandlot days in Gilchrist Park and continued in his teenage years to another Waycross landmark “Old Nine.” His father, who moved to Old...
Braxton (Brack) Creel Inducted 1993 He was a longtime sports figure and athlete, noted for his versatility and longevity, as well as his love for the game. Living his entire life as a superior sportsman and athlete, Brack Creel especially stood out on the diamond. A...
J.C. Farmer Inducted 1992 He was regarded as one of the finest softball pitchers to ever play in local leagues. He played for two teams, Sweat’s Grocery and Nuway Cleaners. The Sweat team won the 1949 season championship. The Waycross Journal Herald called him the top...
Rickey Roach Inducted 1992 He is the holder of a state high hurdles record that he set in 1975 – Ricky Bernard Roach led the Waycross High track teams of the middle 1970’s to many championships. On May 24, 1975, at the state high school track meet in Jefferson,...
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...
