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 Harry Buddy Taylor 

Harry "Buddy" Taylor took over the football program at Clayton High School in the fall of 1951. His 1952 team finished the season 9-1 and was named the State Champions for District 1 in Class A by the Birmingham News. He stayed with the school for five seasons before moving to W.S. Neal High School in East Brewton in 1955.

His seven teams at W.S. Neal produced a record of 48-19-2 with three squads that only lost a single game each season. In 1962 he moved to Talladega as the head football coach for another six year run.

Coach Taylors 1963 Tigers finished 10-0 and were named State Champions by several sources including the Birmingham News and Post Herald. In 1967 season Taylor retired from his head coaching duties after a splendid career on the sidelines. His overall football coaching record is 107-57-3 over seventeen seasons as a head coach.

The W.S. Neal football stadium, in East Brewton, is named in his honor.


Known Record:  107-57-3   65.2%
 Season Total   Playoffs   Region Record 
 Team   Season  Class   W/L/T   PF  PA   W/L/T  PF  PA   Region  Title  W/L/T   PF  PA 
Talladega
Talladega1967 4A3-7128202
Talladega1966 4A7-3195187
Talladega1965 4A6-4175134
Talladega1964 4A2-889155
Talladega1963 4A10-022773
Talladega1962 4-6117161
 6 Years32-289319120-0000-000
    
W.S. Neal
W.S. Neal1961 9-1243117
W.S. Neal1960 8-1-127899
W.S. Neal1959 9-124352
W.S. Neal1958 5-4-1137104
W.S. Neal1957 7-3238173
W.S. Neal1956 6-4190180
W.S. Neal1955 5-5189232
 7 Years49-19-215189570-0000-000
    
Clayton
Clayton1954 4-4176147
Clayton1953 7-3205146
Clayton1952 9-133991
Clayton1951 6-2-1221102
 4 Years26-10-19414860-0000-000
    
TOTALS
 17 Years107-57-3339023550-0000-000


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