re: Shreveport QB prospects

In 1966 Bradshaw won the state championship as a Sr. Was great. I was a freshman at Bastrop and saw him play. He killed us about 42-7. Freshmen could play baseball and track in the spring. I threw the javelin against Bradshaw in spring '66. He had the strongest arm in America and set the national record for the javelin. Kept the record for about 30 years. I thought he went to LSU as a freshman and flunked out, then went to Tech where Phil Robertson was the QB. I remember him. I remember when he quit and Bradshaw took over, was great. James Harris was at Carroll in Monroe about '67 or '68. We went down in carloads to watch him play in Monroe. The Black school administration would not let us in, we had to stay outside the fence on the sidewalk to watch him play. We had reverse segregation and nobody thought anything about it. It was the way it was then. Harris went on to the San Diego Chargers 4 years later and played in a Super Bowl. He was not from Shreveport, but Monroe-Carroll. I played against Joe Ferguson as a Sophomore when he was a Sr. He won State, was great. I could not believe he went to Arkansas and not LSU then. Still don't know why. Bert Jones from Ruston, not Shreveport, was my age. played against him several times, we guarded each other in Basketball, and played 1st base in baseball. watched him play at LSU several times. He was 2nd team all- district when we were Seniors. I remember Trey Prather playing one yr. at LSU and quit or flunked out. I'm not sure. But, he left LSU about '67 or so, got drafted into Viet Nam and got killed about '69 or so. He had a great arm. So. I got to play against Bradshaw, Ferguson, and Jones and saw Harris and Prather.