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Once again, Bill Plott has shared more information and research with us at AHSFHS.org and the fans of high school football across the state. We recently received his research on the mythical state champions prior the the beginning of the playoffs in 1966.
While we had much of this on the website, there were some gaps and a few teams that were simply not correct. Now we have polls and additional information from newspaper articles and other sources to back up these mythical champions. Many of the polls from this era were added to the website and a few amore will come later.
I will be adding more details about all the mythical champions from the newspaper clippings included with the new research especially for the new teams. All the mythical champions along with season summaries for many of the teams can be found in the Mythical Champions section of ahsfhs.org.
The Birmingham News selected state champions between 1951 and 1965 by choosing four champions in each classification according to districts. While we had most of them, the remaining champions have now been included. The additions are:
1966 Birmingham News - 3A, Walter Wellborn, 2A Sardis, 1A Ranburne
1965 UPI - Banks
1965 Montgomery Advertiser - 4A - Banks, 3A Shelby County, 2A Dadeville, 1A Hayneville
1964 Birmingham News
Class 1A District 1 - Repton
Class 1A District 2 - Hayneville
Class 1A District 3 - Walnut Grove
Class 1A District 4 - Hazlewood
Class 2A District 1 - Washington County
Class 2A District 2 - Linden
Class 2A District 3 - Curry
Class 2A District 4 - Stevenson
Class 3A District 1 - Satsuma
Class 3A District 2 - Shelby County
Class 3A District 3 - Haleyville
Class 3A District 4 - Fort Payne
1964 Montgomery Advertiser - 4A Sidney Lanier, 3A Fort Payne, 2A Linden, 1A Hayneville
1964 UPI - Sidney Lanier
1963 Birmingham News
Class 1A District 1 - Frisco City
Class 1A District 2 - Hayneville
Class 1A District 3 - Woodland
Class 1A District 4 - Millport & Addison, tie
Class 2A District 1 - Geneva County
Class 2A District 2 - Linden
Class 2A District 3 - Cordova
Class 2A District 4 - Haleyville
1962 Birmingham News
Class 1A District 1 - Rehobeth
Class 1A District 2 - Notasulga
Class 1A District 3 - Shelby County
Class 1A District 4 - Brilliant
Class 2A District 1 - Foley
Class 2A District 2 - Valley
Class 2A District 3 - Lineville
Class 2A District 4 - Addison & Kennedy, tie
1962 UPI - Cullman
1961 UPI - Sidney Lanier
1960 UPI - Lee Montgomery
1959 - Montgomery Advertiser - 3A Lee Montgomery & Valley (tie), 2A Enterprise, 1A Sumter County
1958 - Montgomery Advertiser - 3A Lee Montgomery, 2A Lanett, 1A Catholic Montgomery
1957 - Montgomery Advertiser - 2A Lanett, 1A Red Level
1953 - Birmingham Post-Herald - 3A West End, 2A McAdory
1946 - The AHSAA lists Ensley as the champion but it was actually Ramsay that laid claim to the title according to the Birmingham News.
1947 - Once again the AHSAA has Ramsay winning the crown when in reality it was Decatur.
1948 - The last one that the AHSAA has incorrect is Aliceville when it was actually Decatur once again.
David Parker
AHSFHS.org
dparker@ahsfhs.org
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From 1947 until his retirement in 1992 Glenn Daniel's teams won 302 games at Pine Hill and Luverne. He was the winningest coach in state history until 2010.
