A Brief History of Central High Football

Part 4. Etter Domination (1943-1968)

In the Spring of 1943, Eugene Bonaparte Etter assumed the head coaching role with only one

assistant, James Lester Newton, as line coach. By Fall, two more coaches had been added – Charles

Millsaps, who had been the football coach at East Side Junior High, and Ernest Owens, a member of

the 1931 Central football team. The 1943 season began as usual with Central flattening the local

teams, starting with a 13-0 win over Red Bank, then 47-0 over Tyner, then 68-0 over Notre Dame (at

that time the most points ever scored by a Chattanooga team). Central than traveled to Kingsport on

October 1 and dispatched Dobyns-Bennett 28-7, then returned to Frawley Field for a 19-6 triumph

over Gadsden (AL). As has plagued Central many times, a trip to Columbia, Tennessee spoiled

Central’s perfect season as Columbia Military Academy (CMA )upset Central 26-19 in a rainstorm.

Returning to Frawley, Central ran over Rome (GA) 46-0. In the featured game of Chattanooga prep

football, Central lost to Baylor 12-0 on two fumbles deep in Central territory that Baylor converted

into scores. [Baylor would remain undefeated that year with nine wins and one tie]. The following

Friday Central downed a highly-ranked Birmingham Ensley 7-2. The low point came one week later in

Atlanta as Central was dominated by Tech High 34-6. Central then traveled to Erwin and stumbled to a

0-0 deadlock under dreadful field conditions. In the season finale at Engel Stadium, a crowd of 10,000

came out on a warm Thanksgiving afternoon to watch the Pounders dispatch City 28-0, to close out

Etter’s first season at 8-3-1.

Etter’s First

Coaching Staff

1943-44

Etter’s second season began as the first one with the same coaching staff, except with a new offense –

the “T” formation. After opening wins at home against Stevenson (AL) 31-7 and Red Bank 25-0,

Central journeyed to Shelbyville for a 27-6 victory. Back at Frawley, Central strumbled to a 7-7 tie with

Dobyns-Bennett and a 19-0 struggle over Soddy-Daisy, that wasn’t decided until well into the fourth

quarter with two late scores. Central’s woes continued as they traveled to Gadsden (AL) and were

shut out 19-0. After a 14-0 win over CMA at home, Central then suffered two close losses away – 12-7

to Knoxville Rule despite moving the ball into Rule territory several times in the fourth quarter and

13-6 at Birmingham Ensley, after leading into the third quarter. After dispatching Rome (GA) 26-6,

Central then took on Baylor (who was undefeated that year) and held to a 6-6 tie until two late Baylor

scores gave them a 19-6 win. Central then returned to the task of bashing the locals with 46-0 and 45-

0 routs of Tyner and City, ending the 1944 season with an 8-4-1 record.

The Fall of 1945 saw one coaching change, Ernest Owens was replaced by J.M. “Jake” Seaton. The

home opener was with Asheville (NC) High School, who had lost only two games in the previous four

years. Central swamped them 40-0. The next two games were also yawners as Central ran over Rhea

County 46-7 and Shelbyville 52-0. But on the following week at eventual state champion Kingsport,

Central fell 26-12. Back at home Central then eased by Red Bank in a hard-fought 13-0 win, then

journeyed to Columbia for a 25-7 win over CMA. In Nashville on October 19, Central defeated

Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) 25-7, then returned home to blank Soddy-daisy 41-0. On the final

road trip, Central fell 14-12 to Birmingham Ensley. Returning home for the final three games, Central

edged Baylor 14-7 at Chamberlain Field on November 16 before what was then a record crowd for a

Chattanooga football game – 9500. The final two contests resembled track meets as Central blew

away Tyner 46-0 and City by 81-6, ending the season at 10-2 and third place ranking in the state. Also

the 405 points scored that season was second only to the 432 scored by Central in 1942.

In 1946 Charles Millsaps was replaced by John Karwoski on Etter’s staff. The season opener at

Asheville portended things to come as Central again threw a 26-0 shutout. Returning to Frawley Field,

Central then ran by Spring City 40-6 in a driving rain. Male High of Louisville (KY) became Central’s

third victim, 26-0, reportedly one of the worst defeats in memory for the perennial Kentucky power.

But the following week at Frawley, Kingsport again proved to be a nemesis by edging Central 13-12,

owing largely to injuries suffered early in the game to Central’s two leading rushers. Central then

dispatched Red Bank 44-0 on October 5 at Chamberlain Field then CMA by 32-0 in what may have

been the last game at Frawley Field on October 18. Central then journeyed to Nashville for a 27-7

pasting of MBA on October 25. Central continued domination of local high schools with a 64-0 rout of

Soddy-Daisy, before easing by Birmingham Ensley 13-6. On November 16 a downpour seemed to slow

the Central team, for after scoring on the second play of the game, Central bogged down and

ultimately succumbed to Baylor’s plodding ground game and stifling defense 13-6. Two weeks after

this stinging defeat, Central unleashed its fury on a hapless City team by 58-6 before 6500 fans at

Chamberlain Field, for a 9-2 season record. Because Kingsport had slipped toward the end of the

season, Central was declared the 1946 State Champions by the Litkenhous Ratings.

1946 - Won 9, Lost 2

TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONS

26 Asheville (NC) 0

40 Spring City 6

26 Louisville Male (KY)

0

12 Kingsport 13

44 Red Bank 0

32 CMA 0

27 MBA 7

64 Soddy-Daisy 0

13 Birmingham Ensley (AL)

6

6 Baylor 13

58 City 6

348 TOTAL POINTS 51

In 1947, one more coaching change took place that would orchestrate the Golden Age of Central

football through the 50s and into the early 60s, when Coach Stanley T. Farmer replaced John

Karwowski as line coach. Coaches Etter, Newton, Farmer and Seaton would stay together for well

over a decade, during which five state championships would be won. But the first three years did not

quite portend things to come, for Central seemed to be stuck in neutral, handling local teams with

ease, but battling the upstate and out-of-state powers on even terms, for unremarkable records of 6-

5-1 and 6-6-1 in 1947 and 1948 and a 7-3 season for 1949:

1946 State Champions

1947 (6-5-1) 1948 (6-6-1) 1949 (7-3)

Central 28 Lafayette (GA) 6 Central 39 Lafayette (GA) 19 Central 46 Tyner 7

Central 21 Tyner 0 Central 20 Tyner 0 Central 7 Knoxville Young

14

Central 19 Knox Young 7 Central 6 Knox Young 21 Central 2 Kingsport 20

Central 0 Kingsport 26 Central 0 Kingsport 20 Central 6 Red Bank 0

Central 13 Red Bank 2 Central 20 Red Bank 13 Central 51 Oak Ridge 13

Central 7 Knox City 27 Central 13 Knox City 27 Central 18 Miami (FL) 19

Central 0 Louisville Male (KY) 13 Central 7 Miami (FL) 28 Central 40 Rossville (GA)

12

Central 14 Bradley County 6 Central 7 Bradley County 14 Central 14 Bradley County

0

Central 0 Birmingham Ensley 0 Central 7 Notre Dame 7 Central 14 Baylor 7

Central 0 Baylor 19 Central 13 Louisville Manual 32 Central 41 City 6

Central 0 Oak Ridge 6 Central 37 Bridgeport (AL) 7

Central 41 City 6 Central 44 Oak Ridge 21

Central 25 City 9

In 1950 Central began a remarkable five-year run of 46 wins, 6 losses and 3 ties against mostly out-of

state football powers and the usual Tennessee big boys, winnowing out the local rivalries that had

become too lopsided to continue. Coincidentally, Principal since 1921 and longtime football fan Stacy

Nelson retired in 1950 and was succeeded by another athletic Principal, W. Hobart Millsaps, former

basketball star at Soddy-Daisy and Central faculty member since 1940. For the 1950-51 seasons

Gordon Atchley coached backs and ends in addition to Etter, Newton, Seaton and Farmer.

W. Hobart Millsaps, Principal at Old

Central 1950-1968

The 1950 team ran over Tyner 33-0 then probably lost the state championship via a 19-12 loss to

Knoxville Young at Knoxville. After this loss Central began a string of eight victories over Atlanta

O’Keefe 27-0, Kingsport 53-0, Red Bank 20-0, Atlanta Hoke Smith 32-8, Bradley County 32-6, New

Orleans St. Aloysius 27-7 and City 51-12, the only blemish being a 7-7 tie with national power Miami

(FL) Senior High. However the season ended with a stunning 21-6 loss to Mid-South Champion Baylor

for a 9-2-1 season.

1951 was the closest to a perfect season Central had come since 1927, with 10 convincing wins and a

14-12 loss to Miami Senior High. Central’s victims, in order, were Fayetteville 20-0, Knoxville Young

25-0, Atlanta O’Keefe 13-7, Kingsport 32-13, Red Bank 30-0, Tyner 48-7, Bradley County 27-7, New

Orleans St. Aloysius 33-7, Louisville (KY) Manual 14-0, and Baylor 26-7. Central was declared State

Champions in all polls by a substantial margin.

1951 - Won 10, Lost 1

TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONS

20 Fayetteville 0

25 Knoxville Young 0

13 Atlanta O’Keefe (GA)

7

32 Kingsport 13

30 Red Bank 0

12 Miami (FL) 14

48 Tyner 7

27 Bradley County 7

33 NO St Aloysius (LA)

7

14 Louisville Manual (KY)

0

26 Baylor 7

280 TOTAL POINTS 62

In 1952 Central nearly duplicated the 1951 season with a 9-1-1 record. Another nail-biting loss to

Miami Senior 19-18 and a 7-7 tie with Louisville Flaget (with a certain Mr. Hornung at quarterback)

kept another perfect season at bay. In-state victims were Fayetteville 31-0, Knoxville Young 26-6,

Kingsport 33-0, Red Bank 42-7, Bradley County 32-7, Baylor 28-12, and Oak Ridge 24-18. Out of state

wins were 20-0 at Louisville Manual and 33-13 over Jacksonville (FL) Landon. Central was again

declared State Champions by the Associated Press.

1952 State Champs

The 1953 season marked Central’s third consecutive state championship, but the path was not quite

so easy, as the season began with a 16-7 loss at Memphis Central, before five straight wins over

Atlanta Marist 49-0, Kingsport 26-7, Red Bank 48-0, Miami Senior 27-0 and Jacksonville Landon 20-13.

A 13-13 tie at Bradley County seemed to doom any chance at another championship, but convincing

wins over another national power, Little Rock Central (in Little Rock 27-7), highly regarded Nashville

Litton 34-13, and perennial nemesis Baylor 21-7, coupled with losses by Memphis Central and other

contenders gave another title to Central. To cap off the season, Central traveled to Miami for their

first ever post-season game, a rematch with Miami Senior High in the Kiwanis Charity Bowl, winning

21-14, for a 9-1-1 record.

1954 almost duplicated the previous year. Central began with a visit to Charlotte, NC, winning 28-6

over Charlotte High, but lost on a late touchdown to Memphis Central at Chamberlain Field 14-13.

Central then disposed of defending Georgia State Champion Atlanta Grady 20-6, starting an eight

game winning streak that included a 27-0 shutout of Kingsport, victories over Red Bank 46-2, Miami

Senior at Miami 21-14, Bradley County 21-6, Jacksonville Landon 32-13, top-ranked Nashville Litton

27-7, and capped by the season ending 20-7 win over Baylor at Chamberlain Field before a capacity

crowd, for a 9-1 season. Once more Central was declared state champs in spite of an in-state loss. The

win over Baylor marked the fourth straight, the longest winning streak by Central in the long history

of confrontations with Baylor School.

1953 State Champs

1952 - Won 9, Lost 1, Tied 1

1953 - Won 9, Lost 1, Tied 1

1954 - Won 9, Lost 1

AP STATE CHAMPIONS

TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONS

TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONS

31 Fayetteville 0

7 Memphis Central 16

28 Charlotte (NC) 6

26 Knoxville Young 6

49 Atlanta Marist (GA) 0

13 Memphis Central 14

20 Louisville Manual (KY)

0

26 Kingsport 7

20 Atlanta Grady (GA) 6

33 Kingsport 0

48 Red Bank 0

27 Kingsport 0

42 Red Bank 7

27 Miami (FL) 0

46 Red Bank 2

18 Miami (FL) 19

20 Jacksonville Landon (FL)

13

21 Miami (FL) 14

33 Jacksonville Landon (FL)

13

13 Bradley County 13

21 Bradley County 6

32 Bradley County 7

26 Little Rock Central (AR)

7

32 Jacksonville Landon (FL)

13

7 Louisville Flaget (KY)

7

34 Nashville Litton 13

27 Nashville Litton 7

28 Baylor 12

21 Baylor 7

20 Baylor 7

24 Oak Ridge 18

21 Miami (FL) Kiwanis Charity Bowl

14

255 TOTAL POINTS 75

89 yard kickoff return to defeat

Miami 21-14 in the Orange Bowl

Stadium, December 11, 1953

294 TOTAL POINTS 89 292 TOTAL POINTS 90

As all streaks come to an end, Central’s reign as state champions ended in 1955. That team compiled a

7-3 record, including impressive wins over three out-of state teams late in the season – 20-0 over

Louisville (KY) Flaget in game 7, 26-0 over Columbus (GA) Jordan the following week, and 35-13 over

Jacksonville (FL) Landon in the season-ender. After season opening wins over Columbia Military

Academy 27-7 and Memphis Southside 13-7, Central then lost two key games of the next three- to

Memphis Central 12-6 and eventual state champion Kingsport 20-12 – effectively ending their run as

state champs. Wins over Portland 42-6 and Bradley County 26-7 were not enough to climb back to

number one, and a loss to undefeated Baylor 18-7 in the next to last game sealed Central’s fate.

The 1956 team slipped a bit more compiling a 4-5-2 record. After an opening 20-0 victory over

Lexington, Central then lost to Memphis Southside 13-10, then endured identical 7-7 ties with

Memphis Central and Kingsport, before losing to Birmingham Woodlawn 20-12. A 27-0 thrashing of

Bradley County provided brief joy, then a 20-14 loss at Knoxville to Fulton High preceded a sound

beating by State Champion Oak Ridge 34-14. The final two regular season games were both victories –

10-0 over Knoxville South and 34-0 over Birmingham Ramsey. A post-season trip to Jacksonville for

the Meninak Bowl ended with a 7-6 loss to Robert E. Lee High and Etter’s only losing season as

Central’s head coach.

1954 State Champs

In 1957 the Pounders seemed to be on a quest for redemption, as the team sailed through a perfect

10-0 regular season, in which only two opponents scored:

1957 - Won 10, Lost 1

TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONS

20 Ripley 0

7 Memphis Southside

0

7 Memphis Central 0

26 Kingsport 20

35 Bradley County 0

41 Knoxville Fulton 0

21 Birmingham Woodlawn (AL)

0

29 Scottsboro (AL) 12

41 Knoxville South 0

8 Oak Ridge 0

0 Robert E. Lee, Jacksonville (FL) Meninak Bowl

14

235 TOTAL POINTS 46

The upset wins over top-ranked teams at Kingsport in an early-season game 26-20 and Oak Ridge 8-0

in a downpour at Chamberlain Field in the season-ender, were season highlights. Unfortunately a

collapse at the Meninak Bowl in Jacksonville, FL to Robert E Lee for the second year in a row, kept the

1957 team from the first perfect season in Central Football history, although the state championship

provided considerable consolation.

1957 State Champs

The 1958 team appeared to be on the same track as the previous year, running off 7 straight

convincing wins: Johnson City 21-0, Memphis Humes 26-14, Memphis Central 26-7, Kingsport 20-0,

Bradley County 14-7, Nashville Hillsboro 27-0 and Scottsboro, AL 50-0, before heading to Oak Ridge to

meet the top-ranked Wildcats. In that game, Central scored early and came close several times again

but never could catch up, losing 14-6 to the state champions. Post-season thrashings of Memphis

Southside 37-13 in the Kingsport Exchange Bowl and old nemesis Robert E. Lee at the Meninak Bowl

by 21-7 could not erase the bitter taste of the Oak Ridge loss. Central was voted the state runner-up.

Etter’s 1959 and 1960 teams again treaded water, having nearly identical records of 5-4-1 and 5-5, and

key losses to the usual suspects. The seasons began with eerie similarities – in 1959 and 1960 Central

began with identical 12-0 shutout wins over Johnson City, followed by victories over Memphis

Central, then three consecutive losses to Etowah County (AL), Kingsport, and Bradley County followed

by decisive wins over Huntsville (AL) Butler. The 1959 season continued with a 28-0 romp over

Nashville Hillsboro, a 7-7 deadlock with Greenwood (SC), and a 13-7 win over Oak Ridge, then a 19-7

loss to Robert E Lee in the Meninak Bowl. The 1960 season almost matched 1959 with 20-0 a pasting

of Red Bank, losses 19-7 to Greenwood (SC) and 33-20 to Oak Ridge before a season-ending 33-0

trouncing of Knoxville Young. At the end of the 1960 season, coach Lester Newton stepped down due

to health concerns and Jack Archer, recent football standout at UC, was hired in the Spring of 1960 as

backfield coach.

1961 began the climb back to supremacy as Central again shut out Johnson City 14-0, then traveled to

Gadsden (AL) winning a 20-14 tussle, then to Clarksville for another hard-fought 14-7 victory. In the

fourth game Central played a a magnificent defensive game in upsetting top-ranked Kingsport 7-6, but

suffering a key defensive injury after the last play of the game. During an off week another defensive

lineman suffered a broken arm in practice, Facing Bradley County at Bradley, Central’s defensive

replacements were exploited repeatedly, earning Bradley a hard-fought 13-7 win and ultimately, the

state championship. Central easily disposed of East Ridge 39-6 and Red Bank 20-0 before collapsing at

Chamberlain Field in a 26-7 loss to Oak Ridge. Central won a dramatic 7-6 contest at Knoxville Young

to end the regular season, then capped off a 9-2 season with a 21-8 win over City in the first and only

Power Bowl at Chamberlain Field.

1962 saw the first and only undefeated and untied season by a Central football team. In that year

Central would only fall behind in one contest, an early 13-7 lead by Decatur (AL) at Decatur

(eventually won by Central 21-13) and be seriously challenged in one other, the season-ender with

Knoxville Central (final score 14-9, marred by Central’s quarterback and safety being mugged in front

of the Knoxville Central bench following an interception by Central). After a 10-0 regular season

detailed below, Central then journeyed to Jacksonville and, remembering the fate of the undefeated

’57 team at the same Meninak Bowl against the same Florida team, Central ran up a 21-0 halftime

lead on Robert E. Lee and let the reserves play most of the second half in a 28-12 dismantling of the

fourth-ranked team in Florida on Pearl Harbor Day. This capped an 11-0 season, Etter’s and Central’s

only perfect slate. Ironically Central is not recognized as the TSSAA State Champion that year,

because Oak Ridge was higher rated by the C E Litkenhaus model (used by TSSAA as the official rating

system). Central was voted number one in all other polls, and received a number 5 ranking nationally

by the National Sports News Service (NSWS). This was at that time, the highest national football

ranking ever given to a Tennessee high school (Kingsport was ranked #9 in 1960) until Bristol’s 1971-

1972 teams (#4 and #1 and Etter’s 1973 Baylor squad (#1). This was the only time a high school team

ranked in the top 10 nationally by NSWS was not officially recognized as number one in their state by

their own athletic association.

1962 - Won 11, Lost 0

AP STATE CHAMPIONS

14 Johnson City 0

21 Decatur (AL) 13

27 Clarksville 0

38 Kingsport 7

29 Elizabethton 0

25 Bradley County 2

35 East Ridge 0

21 Red Bank 0

34 McMinn County 6

14 Knoxville Central 9

28 Robert E. Lee, Jacksonville (FL) Meninak Bowl

12

286 TOTAL POINTS 49

1962 – Central’s only undefeated and

untied team, ranked #5 in the nation

With only two starters returning in 1963, Central staggered through a 5-5-1 season, albeit returning to

a more local venue with the advent of the Hamilton Interscholastic League (HIL). After losing for the

first time ever to Johnson City at Chamberlain Field 21-6, Central ventured to Gadsden (AL) and were

shut out 12-0. The renewed rivalry with City proved satisfying with an old-fashioned 33-7 pounding,

before losing an away game to top-ranked Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett 6-0. After polishing off

Elizabethton 21-7 at home, Central lost to Bradley County 7-6, then returned to Chamberlain Field to

beat Brainerd 7-6 in the first-ever meeting. After a 19-19 tie with Red Bank, Central finished the local

schedule with a 35-21 win over Notre Dame before losing the season-ender at Knoxville Central 21-7.

Central did win the inaugural HIL championship, however, with a 4-0-1 record.

The lapse was short-lived, for in 1964 the Pounders forged a 9-1-1 season with the only loss a 14-12

upset at Tullahoma in the opening game, and a disappointing 0-0 tie with state champion Kingsport

the fourth week after missing a makeable field goal by inches at the end of the game. Central

rebounded from the opening loss with a 21-6 win over City and 19-0 shutout of East Ridge; then, after

the stalemate, won the last seven games by shutting out Bradley County 26-0, edging Brainerd 21-14,

routing Red Bank 34-0, surprising a strong Gainesville (FL) team at their home field 21-7, then

returning home to trounce Notre Dame 21-0, Knoxville Central 14-7, and pushing around a stubborn

Soddy-Daisy team but only winning 14-7, for a second HIL championship.

1965 saw Etter’s last State Championship at Central, as the Pounders ran through nine in-state foes,

losing only to Gainesville Florida 7-6 in a foul-weather game at Chamberlain Field, before cruising over

Jacksonville (FL) Englewood 21-6 in Central’s final trip to the Meninak Bowl, for a 10-1 record.

Central’s wins included at Sevierville 20-0,City 31-3, Soddy-Daisy 33-6, Bradley 13-12, Brainerd 34-0,

Red Bank 29-7, East Ridge 21-7, and Notre Dame 41-6, again undefeated in the HIL.

1965 State Champs

1965 - Won 10, Lost 1

TSSAA STATE CHAMPIONS

20 Sevierville 0

31 City 3

33 Soddy-Daisy 6

13 Bradley County 12

34 Brainerd 0

29 Red Bank 7

6 Gainesville (FL) 7

21 East Ridge 7

14 Knoxville Central 7

41 Notre Dame 6

21 Jacksonville Englewood (FL) Meninak Bowl

6

263 TOTAL POINTS 61

In 1966 Central retreated into a predominantly local schedule to meet the HIL requirements. After

winning the first three games against Riverside 7-0, City 13-0 and Baylor 27-6, Central lost to Howard

7-6 owing greatly to a long touchdown run called back in the fourth quarter. Then after handling

Bradley 34-6, Central played with several starters out against the new league champion, Brainerd,

losing 21-0. Central then ran away with the last four games against Red Bank 33-6, East Ridge 10-0,

Kirkman 40-14, and Notre dame 27-13. In a post-season matchup with Franklin County in the

Tullahoma Sportsmen Civic Bowl, Central prevailed 14-7 ending the season with a 9-2 record.

In 1967 Central forged 7-2-1 record against local competition, starting with a 26-0 blanking of

Riverside and a 6-0 squeaker over City. Then two decisive losses to Baylor 23-0 and Howard 20-6 were

followed by six wins and a 7-7 tie with Red Bank. The six victims were Bradley 26-7, East Ridge 21-0,

Kirkman 27-13, Notre Dame 35-7 and the season-ender with Brainerd 14-12 at Chamberlain Field on

Thanksgiving Day.

The last season at the old school, 1968, was another almost perfect year. Central ran off wins against

Memphis Carver 29-12, City 14-13. Riverside 7-6, Howard 27-18, and Brainerd 20-7 before being upset

by Red Bank 14-7; then swept the remainder with a 33-0 win over Bradley, 27-7 over East Ridge,

Kirkman 34-7, Notre Dame 26-12, and Cookeville 35-14 in the Cystic Fibrosis Bowl at Brainerd, for a

10-1 record and a final ranking of sixth in the Litkenhous Ratings for Tennessee.

Coach Etter’s record as head coach at the old Chattanooga Central High School for the final 26 years

tallied 207 wins, 64 losses and 13 ties, with state championships in 1946, 1951-54, 1957, 1962 and

1965.

The summary of Central’s 62 years football:

Coach W L T %WIN

Curtis Green 0 2 0 0.0

James Rike 37 24 7 59.6

No Coach 2 1 0 66.7

Rusty Cornelius 35 13 6 70.4

George McCoy 10 9 1 52.5

Dean Petersen 105 48 14 67.1

E B Etter 204 67 13 74.1

TOTAL 393 162 41 69.4

.

New Head Coach Etter watches from

sidelines at Frawley Field, Fall 1943

Old Central’s last coaching staff from 1960-1968;

Picture from Fall 1968 -Etter’s 26th year

Coaches for Central’s golden years

1947-1960 - Etter, Seaton, Newton

and Farmer