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Kenny Stabler
All-State Team
Year
Class
Position
Team
Source
1963
4A
B
1st
BPH
1963
3A
B
1st
BN
Awards
Year
Award
Position
Class
Source
1963
All Southern
QB
Sr.
Orlando Sentinel
1963
All-Star Game
QB
Sr.
Born:
High School: Foley
Position: Quarterback
Height/Weight: 6'2" / 175
Senior Season: 1963
College: Alabama
Hall of Fame: ASHOF
High School Bio:
As a senior at Foley Kenny rushed for 847 yards and scored 15 touchdowns. He also completed 64 of 99 passes for another 865 yards and 6 touchdowns. He ran for 5 touchdowns and passes for 15 as a junior. His team only lost one game in his career at Foley to a powerful Vigor team and finished 29-1 over the course of his three year career. He lead the Lions to the Class 3A state championship his junior season. It was during his stand out years at Foley High School that he earned the infamous nickname Snake. The story goes that during a play he took the football and weaved downfield the entire length of the field, side to side, and an excited Coach Denzel Hollis proclaimed, that boy runs like a snake. Kenny played in the 1964 Alabama High School All-Star Game. He played 4 years of varsity football and also participated in baseball and basketball. Athletic honors include All-State, All-District, All-South, and Honorable mention All-American by Coach and Athlete magazine.
Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History
Luverne 'Toad' Wise was the first female football player in Alabama and may have been the first in the country. She was a kicker for the Escambia County Blue Devils in 1939-40.
