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| Leesburg High School Running Back Dan Oliver |
By Franz Beard
Sports Editor
Leesburg Commercial
January 10, 1976
Running back Dan Oliver and defensive end Wayne Hamilton of Leesburg High have been named first team to the Class AAA All-State team, which was released Saturday.
Oliver and Hamilton joined six Ocala Forest players on the first unit, giving the Big Sun Conference eight first team Representatives on the first three teams with Forest having eight, Leesburg and Vanguard two each and Gainesville Eastside and North Marion one apiece. And you wonder why they say the Big Sun Conference is the strongest AAA conference in the state?
Oliver became the first back in Big Sun Conference history to gain over 1000 yards in consecutive seasons, getting 1054 as a junior and 1059, as a senior despite the fact that defenses stacked against him. Hamilton was a terror on the defensive line and often spent as much time in opposing team's backfields as their running backs.
On the first team from Forest are Scot Brantley, Phil Pharr, Thomas Jefferson, Eddie Mobley, Russell Kirk and Harold Franklin. Forest's Greg Futch made the second team as did Eastside's Vernon James and Vanguards Donnie Hopkins and North Marion's Ernest Gordon.
Leesburg's offensive tackle Jim Skuthan made honorable mention as did Lake Weir's Sam Franklin, Forest's Charlie Davis, Vanguards's Darryl Stafford, North Marion's Herbert Wilkerson, Forest's Okie Lanier.
No other conference or area came even close to matching the Big Sun Conference in representation on the all-state team.
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Former Leesburg High School, University of Alabama and San Diego Chargers Football Standout Wayne Hamilton makes his first appearance on the Lake County Sports Show March 24, 2012 at 1:00 p.m.
Below is a short list of Hamilton's accomplishments:
-Leesburg High School Football Varsity Letters 1974, 1975, 1976
-Leesburg High School Basketball Varsity Letter 1974, 1975, 1976
-1976 Parade High School Football All-American
-1976 Daily Commercial All-Area Basketball Team 17ppg, 14rpg
-1976 Leesburg High School Athletic Booster Club Best All Around Lineman
-Alabama Crimson Tide Football Varsity Letters 1977, 1978, 1979
-5th All-Time Best College Recruiting class according to Sports Illustrated
-1977 National Runnerup
-1978 National Champion
-1979 Sugar Bowl Champion
-1979 National Champion
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| Gerald Lacey (Carver Heights Quarterback Club Staff Writer), Allison Crawford (Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Co-host), Sonny Bronson (Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Host), Lake County Sports Show Host Billy Matthews (The Voice Of The Leesburg Yellow Jackets). |
Wayne Hamilton, Shericka Ward (Former Leesburg High School Girls Basketball, Girls Track and Field, and current Villanova University Womens Track and Field Standout), Matt Shepherd (Former Leesburg High School, Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois, Finland’s Kouvola Indians Standout and current Marburg Mercenaries in the southern division of the GFL player) will be the featured guests along with the show host Billy Matthews (The Voice Of The Leesburg Yellow Jackets), Sonny Bronson (Belton Bail Bonds Scoreboard Show Host), Allison Crawford (Belton
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Franz Beard
Sports Editor
Leesburg Commercial
January 10, 1976
Leesburg Public Library
100 East Main Street
Leesburg, Florida 34748
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