Elizabethton High School
Cyclones
1955
Football
Archives
1954-1955 Elizabethton Cyclone Football Team
Front Row l-r: Jack Hardin, Buddy Thompson, Jimmy Gass, Tommy Sproles, Bobby Estep, Dick Fair, Nick Johnson, Vernon Saylor, Danny McCall, Gary Willis; Row 2: Earl Saylor, Gene Sams, Bill Boswell, J. B. Dykes, Ronnie Dugger, Jimmy Edwards, Mike Barnes, Lewis Hampton, Dickie Miller, David Bautista; Row 3: Robin Shipe, Charles Cornett, Joe Taylor, Hal Rasnick, Haskel Hyder, Jimmy Riley, L. A. Range, Clayton Hawk, Buddy Glover, Ronnie Little; Row 4: Billy Bob Garrison, David Wetzel, Wayne Riley, Curtis Estep, Bill VanHuss, Lew Taylor, Forrest Dugger, Earnest Swanner, Bob Edwards, Carroll Billheimer; Row 5: Richard Nave, Harold Hopson, Johnny Bealle, Dempsey Shell, Wayne Fair, Bill Hitchcock, Leonard Peters, Jimmy Boring, and James Armstrong
Coaching Staff
John Crumley - Backfield Coach Stanford Johnson - "B" Team Coach Harry Fine - Line Coach John Treadway - Head Coach
1954-1955 Season Record
Win 10 Losses 1
Unaka
Sullivan
Jefferson City
Erwin
Valdese, NC
Greeneville
Tennessee High
Science Hill
Dobyns Bennett
Knox East
McMinn County
We
38
33
31
32
14
27
45
38
7
45
31
They
0
14
7
2
12
6
21
7
12
14
20
W-L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
Record
1-0
2-0
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0
7-0
8-0
8-1
9-1
10-1
Athens' Lions Bowl - Thanksgiving Day
Below is an article published in the 1955 Elizabethton High Yearbook.
Halfback Danny McCall gets off a long toss to a Cyclone player in spite of the onrushing attempt by a Johnson City Player to stop him.
Ball carrier Joe Taylor slips away from a Knox East player for a Cyclone touchdown.
Individual Photos
Captain
Nick Johnson
Guard
Gene Sams
Quarterback
Lewis Hampton
Halfback
Bill VanHuss
Tackle
Gary Willis
Center
Danny McCall
Halfback
David Wetzel
Halfback
Robert Edwards
Guard
Wayne Riley
End
Jimmy Edwards
Halfback
Jimmy Gass
Quarterback
Dempsey Shell
End
Billy Bob Garrison
Fullback
Vernon Saylor
Tackle
Jack Hardin
Guard
Hal Rasnick
Tackle
Co-Captain
Co-Captain Curtis Estep
Tackle
Lew Taylor
End
Bobby Estep
Halfback
Joe Taylor
Halfback
Leonard Peters
Tackle
Buddy Thompson
Quarterback
Robin Shupe
Center
Johnny Bealle
Halfback
Wayne Fair
Tackle
J. B. Dykes
End
Earl Saylor
Guard
Charles Cornett
Halfback
Bill Boswell
Guard
Harold Hopson
End
Forrest Dugger
Fullback
Jimmy Boring
Center
EHS Managers: Roy Hampton, Aaron Souder, Paul Souder, and Jimmy Hardin - Head Manager