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School Football over the past 100 seasons.
Alabama High School Football Players
Jimmy Sykes
Awards
Year
Award
Position
Class
Source
1968
All-Star Game
B
Sr.
Born:
High School: Lanett
Position: Back
Height/Weight: 5'11" / 185
Senior Season: 1968
College: Auburn
High School Bio:
Sykes carried the football nearly 200 times as a senior for almost 1,000 yards. He scored 11 touchdowns as a fullback his senior season. He was voted Most Valuable Player and Best Back twice.
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.