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1951 Pine Hill 

1951 Pine Hill 
 Record: 10-0
 Head Coach: Glenn Daniel
 
 The 1951 Pine Hill  were chosen as Class 2A  Region 2  State Champions by the Birmingham News.
 Summary:
 
Pine Hill Nudges Red Devils 12-6

November 2, 1951
The Pine Hill Bulldogs would win the Class-A Region-2 state championship as voted by the Birmingham News in 1951. One of the games they played that season was against the Linden Red Devils. Linden came into the game with a 2-4-1 record and had won their previous two games.

The fact that Pine Hill won the game by a score of 12-7 only tells a small part of what really happened in the game. Bulldog Center, Bobby Ricketts, would get the first score of the game in the first quarter on a blocked punt which he picked up and ran 30 yards for the touchdown.

Linden would come back to tie the score in the second quarter on a 56 yard run by Don Peppenhorst. Later in the second period Ricketts would block another punt and this time teammate Bryant Harris would fall on the ball in the end zone for the winning score.

On the evening Linden would punt the ball a total of eight times into a stiff and steady wind and on six of those occasions the punt would be blocked by Pine Hill. That is correct. six blocked punts by the Bulldogs. Another note of interest is that the coach for Pine Hill in 1951 was Glenn Daniel, the all-time leader in coaching wins in Alabama.

 Site  PF   Opponent  PA   W/L/T 
H 33   Dallas County 7 W
H 33   Uniontown 0 W
A 13   Francis Marion 0 W
H 38   Sweet Water 0 W
H 26   Frisco City 0 W
A 19   Marengo County 6 W
A 19   Orrville 13 W
H 12   Linden 6 W
H 26   Autaugaville 0 W
A 13   Wilcox County 0 W
  
23210-0-0 32


1951 Pine Hill All-State Players
1A  Billy AutreyB 1  BN


1951 Pine Hill Roster
NAME POSITION
Bryant Harris LE
C. Parker LT
T. Morgan LG
Bobby Ricketts C
V. Anderson RG
D. Morgan RT
Beatty Morgan RE
Ed Rayborn QB
Jack Gaddy LH
Eddie Megginson RH
Billy Autrey FB
   




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