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re: Shreveport QB prospects
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:27 pm to chalmetteowl
Posted on 7/29/14 at 9:27 pm to chalmetteowl
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.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:05 pm to TupeloTiger
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I thought he (Bradshaw) went to LSU as a freshman and flunked out
That was a nice story Tupelo. I saw Bradshaw play in Tiger Stadium in an all Louisiana H.S. All Star game after his senior year. I watched him with interest because he was committed to LSU at the time...but he never enrolled.
In that game, I was impressed with an approx. 40 yard pass that he threw that looked like a missile, as it seemed that the whole time it was straight and very close to the ground.
Posted on 7/31/14 at 9:26 pm to TupeloTiger
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I got to play against Bradshaw, Ferguson, and Jones and saw Harris and Prather.
Wow. I went to the game in Ruston between Jones and Ferguson. I was about 12 or 13 at the time but it was a huge game.
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