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Littlefield Won Unofficial State Title For Greenville, 1919

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Hunt County Historical Commission chairman Carol Taylor relates the story of legendary coach Clyde Littlefield, who as a young man, coached the Greenville Lions to an unofficial state football championship in 1919 (the University Interscholastic League officially recognized state champions beginning in 1920).  Littlefield went on to coach the University of Texas football team, and, for many decades, the UT track teams.  In 1916, Littlefield became embroiled in a controversy with the Sherman coach over the use of ineligible players, not unheard of in the early days of high school football in Texas.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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