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School Football over the past 100 seasons.
Alabama High School Football Players
Bart Starr
All-State Team
Year
Class
Position
Team
Source
1950
A
B
HM
MA
1951
3A
B
1st
BN
1951
2A
B
1st
BPH
1951
A
B
1st
MA
Awards
Year
Award
Position
Class
Source
1951
All American
QB
Sr.
WW
1951
All American
QB
Sr.
SS
1951
All Southern
B
Sr.
Orlando Sentinel
1951
All-Star Game
QB
Sr.
Born:
High School: Sidney Lanier
Position: Quarterback
Height/Weight: / 170
Senior Season: 1951
College: Alabama
Hall of Fame: ASHOF
High School Bio:
Starr was an all state player as a quarterback and punter at Sidney Lanier. He received special coaching from Babe Parilli, the Kentucky quarterback, his senior season. He was allowed to call his own plays at quarterback.
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.