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Woodlawn High School

5620 1st. Ave. N. Birmingham, AL 35212
Stadium: Lawson Field
Colors: Green & Gold
Coach: Clarence Williams

Player	Born	College	Position	Years	Pro Team
Fred Bohannan	Birmingham	Mississippi Valley State	DB/S	1982	Pittsburgh
Gregg Carr	Birmingham	Auburn	LB	1985-88	Pittsburgh
Tom Cochran	Birmingham	Auburn	FB	1949	Washington
Karlos Dansby		Auburn	LB	2004-06	Arizonia
Chris Davis		Auburn	CB	2014-16	San Diego, San Francisco
Greg Gantt	Birmingham	Alabama	P	1974-75	NY Jets
Harry Gilmer	Birmingham	Alabama	QB	1948-1956	Washington, Detroit
Tim Harris	Birmingham	Memphis	DE/LB	1986-95	Green Bay, San Francisco, Philadelphia
Ricky Jones	Birmingham	Tuskegee	LB/S	1977-83	Cleveland, Baltimore
Cassanova McKinzy	Birmingham	Auburn	LB	2018-2019	Washington
Tony Nathan	Birmingham	Alabama	RB	1979-87	Miami
Bo Russell		Auburn	T	1939-1940	Washington
Jim Tarrant	Birmingham	Tennessee	QB	1946	Miami (AAFC)
Travis Tidwell	Florence	Auburn	QB	1950-51	NY Giants

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Players must have played high school football within the state to qualify. Players must have played in at least one regular season game for an NFL team.

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Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden was a star quarterback at Woodlawn high school in Birmingham.