S2 E8--Riley Burnett, Jeff Council, and Don Harper

Down Trails of Victory

Glory Days of 1955 come alive!!

Players on the Port Neches-Groves Indians 1955 state football champions--Riley Burnett, Jeff Council, and Don Harper--recall their miraculous state championship run!

Hear their recollections about:

• Head Coach Lewis Ford and his all coaching staff;
• The 1954 State Finalist football team, and how the 1955 team compared to it;
• Their undefeated district campaign;
• Their playoff run, which included two of the most unbelievable wins in Indian football history--the Semifinal win agains Alice, and the State Final win against Garland;
• Their thoughts on various team mates and opponents;
• and much, much, more!!

The podcast brings up a wide range of names from Port Neches and Groves, including Lewis Ford, Riley Burnett, Charlene Burnett, Jeff Council, Don Harper, Beverly Lee Harper, Mervyn Greer, Norvel Dorsey, Gene McCollum, Bobby Falgout, Gilbert Massey, Allen Williams, Harvey Richardson, Billy Quebedeaux, Buster Wilson, Joe Williamson, P J Granger, George Rodesney, Willie McKusker, Donald Jordan, Pete Mershon, Jackie Hathorn, Ronnie Choate, Gordon LeBoeuf, Bobby LaBorde, Bum Phillips, Dick Clark, Phillip Patterson, Buster Wilson, Lance Van Zandt, Jack Sparks, Nolan "Red" Adams, John Wayne Goodwin, Phil Talbot, Jimmy Kavanaugh, Ronnie Macha, Leo Simpson, Larry Rascoe, Jimmy Williams, Linn Fink, Alfred Pennington, Ronald Robinson, Richard Bolyard, Ed Sanderson, Jimmy Wooten, Loyd Hawthorne, Buddy Bailey, Lewis Felps, Carl Dumesnil, Ed Hebert, Jo Kimble, Myrna Ratcliff, Nelwyn White, Joan Guillory, Joan Brewer, Gail Provost, and many more! Other names mentioned in the podcast associated with that 1955 playoff run include Joe LeSage, John Donaho, Larry Ward, James Street, Leon Fuller, Jimmy Franz, Bobby Boyd, Ole Miss quarterback Eagle Day, Jim Swink, and more!

Glory Days...well we're not passing them by...

Glory Days...their story you can't deny...

Glory Days...Glory Days...Glory Days...

Right here on Down Trails of Victory podcast!