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   The best of the best in Alabama High   
  School Football over the past 100 seasons.






Alabama Players in the National Football League Draft

 
 
1949
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
1 Bobby ThomasonQBLos Angeles RamsLeeds
15 Kenneth CooperGGreen Bay PackersLauderdale County
9 Hal HerringLBChicago CardinalsLanett
 
 
1948
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
11 Harry GilmerQBWashington RedskinsWoodlawn
23 Rebel SteinerDBDetroit LionsEnsley
8 Ralph HutchinsonTNew York GiantsSouthern Choctaw
 
 
1947
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
6 Hank HarrisG/TWashington RedskinsWilcox Central
 
 
1944
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
00 (0) Charlie WareTCitronelle
866 Red CochranFB/HBChicago BearsHueytown
 
 
1943
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
14 George WeeksDEDothan
23 David BrownHBNew York GiantsEnsley
 
 
1942
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
2 Rufus DealFBWashington RedskinsHale County
321 (0) Rufus DealBWashington RedskinsTuscaloosa County
 
 
1940
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
5 Walt MerrillTBrooklyn DodgersAndalusia
 
 
1939
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
868 (8) Bo RussellTWashingtonWoodlawn
9 Lew BostickGCleveland RamsRamsay
 
 
1937
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
214 Tarzan WhiteGNew York GiantsEscambia County
 
 
1935
RoundPick PlayerPositionTeam High School
Bo KirklandGDothan

Players must have played high school football within the state to qualify.




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.