It’s the celebration of 75 years of high school football
tonight at Red Bank as the Lions honor their past and face their oldest rival,
Soddy Daisy. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
It’s a silver anniversary with a myriad of golden moments
created by talented teenagers who return tonight to be honored for being Friday
night heroes to so many in the Red Bank community.
Pre-Game: Festivities begin at 6:30 p.m.
with the
introduction of former players by decade and the announcement of the all-time
Lion team.
Also, the program’s two retired numbers – Bobby Jumpers’ No.
34 and Victor Ellis’ No.9 – will be displayed on the front of the press box.
Red
Bank Football – 75 Years – 10 Coaches
Coach
- W-L Record … Years
George
Edwards – 3-6-1 … 1940
George
McCoy – 21-16-1 … 1941-43, 1946
Marion
Perkins – 35-42-5 … 1944-45, 1947-53
Bill
Edwards – 55-37 … 1954-62 ... 59.8%
Ray
Bussard – 19-23-2 … 1963-66 ....
Frank
Cofer – 39-18-5 … 1967-72 ...
Tom
Weathers – 230-89-0 … 1973-2001 72.1% (most wins, best win %)
Tim
Daniels – 77-40-0 … 2002-2011 ...
E.K.
Slaughter – 7-13-0 … 2012-13
Chad
Grabowski - 1-0-0 ... 2014
75
Seasons – 487-285-18 …. 790 games
Best
Season: 2000 – 15-0, state champions
10+
Win Seasons (11): 1978 (11-2), 1984 (10-2), 1988
(10-1), 1990 (10-1), 1994 (10-2), 1997 (10-2), 2000 (15-0), 2005 (10-2), 2006
(12-1), 2007 (12-1), 2009 (12-1)
Red Bank vs. Soddy Daisy
The rivalry began in 1940; the Lions first season of
football.
First Red Bank win - Nov. 28, 1940 at Soddy Daisy
Red Bank 13 Soddy Daisy 7
Playing on Thanksgiving, the victory gave Red Bank the
Hamilton County Rural Championship. Eulice Hope scored what proved to be the
winning touchdown in the third quarter.
First Soddy Daisy win - Nov. 22, 1941 at Red Bank
Soddy Daisy 9, Red Bank 7
The Trojans’ Charlie Dunning drop kicked a field goal with
30 seconds remaining for the win
A few other games
Nov. 19, 1943 at Red Bank
Red Bank 58, Soddy Daisy 7
City scoring leader J.E. Guider scored three times as did
Bobby Jumper (runner-up in the scoring race) as the Lions (8-3) claimed the
Tenn. Valley Conference title and finished ninth in the state poll.
Jumper and Guider had played their last game for Red Bank as
the would soon enter the armed services.
Oct. 9, 1964 at Soddy Daisy
Red Bank 22, Soddy Daisy 0
Tom McCullough kicked the first field goal in school history
and had an 11 yard TD run to pace the Lions.
Nov 1, 1974 at Soddy Daisy
Red Bank 39, Soddy Daisy 6
The Lions defeated the Trojans to win the Hamilton County
Interscholastic League (HIL) title.
Sept. 20, 1985
Soddy Daisy 7, Red Bank 6
The Trojans posted their first win in the rivalry since 1966
… The Lions’ Dickie Chumbler scored late
touchdown, but the two point conversion failed and Soddy Daisy had the
win.
Aug. 29, 2013 at Soddy Daisy
Soddy Daisy 21, Red Bank 7
contact B.B. Branton at william.branton@comcast.net