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[[image - black & white photograph of Tuskegee football team]] Tuskegee Football Roster TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE 1944 FOOTBALL ROSTER [[table]] No.|Name|Position|Weight|Home 2|Millard Mitchell|Guard|181|Houston, Texas 3|Ulysses Washington|Halfback|160|Tuscaloosa, Ala. 8|Norman Foster|Quarterback|177|Providence, R. I. 10|James Laster|Halfback|159|St. Louis, Mo. 11|Homer Griggs|Halfback|161|Tulsa, Okla. 13|Pernell Miller|End|170|Anniston, Ala. 14|Alex Brown|Halfback|164|Milledgeville, Ga. 17|Clarence Mayberry|Tackle|178|Vallejo, Calif. 18|William Robinson|Guard|182|West Palm Beach, Fla. 19|William Bethle|End|170|Cave City, Ky. 22|Thomas Hornsburger|Fullback|197|Carbondale, Ill. 23|Willie Smith|Center|172|Dallas, Texas 25|Herbert Crawford|Halfback|165|Tuscumbia, Ala. 26|Arthur Graves|Center|155|Tuscumbia, Ala. 27|Charles Williams|Halfback|173|Shreveport, La. 28|Clarence Smith|Halfback|155|Indianapolis, Ind. 29|William Dennison|Guard|173|New York City, N. Y. 31|Dorsey Walker|Guard|210|St. Louis, Mo. 32|Frank Wade|Guard|179|Chicago, Ill. 33|Augustus Thomas|Tackle|202|Newark, N. J. 35|Charles Mayes|Center|158|Oklahoma City, Okla. 36|Alva Tabor|Quarterback|177|Fort Valley, Ga. 37|James Cathey|Fullback|178|Topeka, Kansas 38|Frank Latimer|Tackle|175|Tulsa, Okla. 39|Dodson Blakely|Halfback|150|Asheville, N. C. 55|Lindorf Blakely|Halfback|155|Asheville, N. C. 66|Charles Perry|End|170|Savannah, Ga. [[/table]] [[image - black & white photograph of Alva Tabor]] [[caption]] ALVA TABOR Captain and Quarterback Tuskegee Institute [[/caption]] PROBABLE STARTING LINE-UP [[table]] No.|Name of Player|Position 66|Charles Perry|Left End 17|Clarence Mayberry|Left Tackle 32|Frank Wade|Left Guard 23|Willie Smith|Center 29|William Dennison|Right Guard 33|Thomas Augustus|Right Tackle 13|Pernell Miller|Right End 36|Alva Tabor (Capt.)|Quarterback 11|Homer Griggs|Left Halfback 27|Charles Williams|Right Halfback 22|Thomas Hornsburger|Fullback [[/table]] COACHING STAFF Cleve L. Abbott, Head Coach, South Dakota State College, '16 Edward H. Adams, Tuskegee Institute, '34, On Leave Ross C. Owen, South Dakota State College, '25 Guy R. Trammell, Tuskegee Institute, '36 Reuben A. Munday, Hampton Institute, '27 Ernest T. Bailey, Tuskegee Institute, '27 Henry C. Harrison, Tuskegee Institute [[end page]] [[start page]] [[image - black & white photograph of Wilberforce University football team]] [[image - black & white photograph of Dick James]] [[caption]] DICK JAMES Captain and End Wilberforce [[/caption]] WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL ROSTER School Year 1944-45 [[table]] No.|Name|Classification|Height|Weight|Position 43|Armstrong, Wm.|Freshman|5'9 1/2"|185|Fullback 38|Banks, Herbert|Freshman|6'1"|162|End 34|Baylor, Karl|Freshman|5'8 1/2"|157|Halfback 46|Bowman, Ernest|Freshman|5'10"|185|Tackle ..|Bowles, Robert|Freshman|5'11"|180|Guard ..|Boyd, Harold|Freshman|5'8"|159|Halfback 42|Burke, Eugene|Freshman|5'10"|179|R. Guard 51|Card, John|Freshman|5'11 1/2"|190|L Guard 39|Cornet, James|Freshman|6'|186|Tackle 47|Garrett, G.|Freshman|5'8 1/2"|150|Quarterback 37|Gates, Clifford|Freshman|6'1"|173|Center 23|Grigley, Henderson|Sophomore|5'9"|150|End 57|Hall, Frederick T.|Freshman|5'10"|175|Halfback 32|James, Richard R.|Senior|5'10 1/2"|160|End 34|Johnson, James|Freshman|5'9"|165|End 62|Jones, Andrew|Freshman|5'10"|175|Center 29|Jones, James|Freshman|5'8 1/2"|160|R. Halfback 30|Jones, Joseph|Freshman|5'11"|175|L. Halfback 59|Jordan, Arthur|Freshman|5'11"|185|R. Tackle 54|Knight, Walter|Freshman|6'1"|158|Center 36|King, Leonard|Freshman|5'5"|149|Quarterback ..|Lee, Robert|Freshman|5'9 1/2"|160|L. Guard 35|Malloy, Bailey|Sophomore|5'8"|165|Guard 24|Matthews, Edwin|Freshman|5'8 1/2"|169|R. Halfback 61|Miller, James|Junior|6'|205|L. Tackle 44|Milner, Ollie|Senior|6'|170|R. Halfback ..|Mills, John|Freshman|5'11"|160|R. Tackle 50|McClellan, Roy|Freshman|6'|163|R. Halfback 55|McNeil, Ernest|Senior|6'1"|194|Fullback ..|Nelson, Lionel|Freshman|6'1"|182|Tackle 53|Quinn, Harold|Freshman|6'3"|170|L. End 52|Rushin, Ernest|Freshman|6'2"|193|End 29|Saunders, Karl|Freshman|5'11"|180|Guard 33|Shack, Arthur T.|Sophomore|5'9 1/2"|164|Guard 31|White, John P.|Junior|5'4 1/2"|160|Guard [[/table]]