September 11, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
The 1972 DCHS Tiger Football Team will gather for their 50th Anniversary Reunion on Friday night, September 30 for a Dutch treat pre-game meal at Twisted Oaks at 4:30 p.m.
All members of this team regardless of class year, coaches, managers are invited to attend. Following the period of fellowship and dining, the team will proceed to the DeKalb County High School Football Homecoming festivities and game to cheer the Tigers to victory over Livingston Academy.
The 1972 Tigers Football season was in jeopardy due to a school budget crisis that year. The team overcame a slow start to post the first winning season in the history of DeKalb County High School. Fifty years later this team will break huddle one more time and wish the present team success.
The team finished the 1972 season on the field at 6-4 but actually was credited with another win to go 7-3 after one of the opponents on the schedule that year, Brentwood had to forfeit. The 1972 Tigers defeated Woodbury 28-12, Baxter 8-6, Montgomery Central 44-8, Gainesboro 42-0, Monterey 6-0, and Grundy County 16-6. The Tigers lost to Huntland 20-0, Brentwood 33-0, Gordonsville 8-0, and Watertown 26-6.
The 1972 Tigers were led by head coach Wayne Cantrell and assistants John Eaton and Donnie Elledge.
Members of the team included Mike Corley, David Colwell, Randy Prichard, Jay Whiteford, Raymond Miller, Jackie Gaither, Eddie Evans, Jimmy Knowles, Fred Dowell, Robert Rowe, Bill Owen, Robert Donaldson, David Davis, Don Page, Doug Hooper, Ronnie Hawkins, Alan Bradford, Joey Goodwin, Kirk Wills, Phil Owen, Ricky Hale, Doug Davis, John Colvert, Randy Bond, Gwynn Prater, and Bobby Turner.
“The memory of that season has faded with time for most Tiger fans, but the lessons of perseverance and determination in the face of adversity continue to be displayed in the lives of these teammates,” said Corley.
For more information please contact Raymond “Crazy Legs” Miller at 615-504-4743 or Mike “Tank” Corley at 615-597-0530.