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Alabama High School Football Players

Jeff Beard

Awards
Year	Award	Position	Class	Source
1967	All-Star Game	FB	Sr.

Born:

High School: Hueytown

Position: Fullback

Height/Weight: 6'1" / 217

Senior Season: 1967

College: Alabama


High School Bio: Beard played three years of varsity football and was Captain of his squad. He was Honorable Mention Prep All-American Football by Coach & Athletic Magazine; All-State, 3rd Team; All-Metro; All-County, Most Valuable Player, Dental Clinic Game; School Award, Play of the Week. He ran track and excels in shot and discus. He averaged 4.2 yards per carry and 10 tackles a game.

Great Moments in Alabama High School Football History

Morris Higginbotham coached three different teams to divisional state championships in the 1950s. He won titles at Walnut Grove in 1952, West Blocton in 1955 and Enterprise in 1960.