MHS Football "Wall of Honor"

On Facebook, in the light of the death of Raymond Tate, a 3-time All-State and Parade All-American football player at Minden High School in the early 1980s, about a proper way to remember the most outstanding players at MHS over its football history.

As a first step I'm going to post here a list of the All-State players from Minden High School between 1916 and 2000, taken from Jerry Byrd's book: Louisiana's Best in High School Football.

Some of the players lack first names. I am going to get out the old Grigs and research the names for some of them, I work with a relative of the McCollum who was twice All-State during the 1920s and I'll get his first name from that co-worker.

I'd like anyone who reads this to offer suggestions and corrections. Jerry might have missed some and I might have missed some from Jerry's list. We need some parameters as to which players we honor and it seems All-State selection might be a good first step in the process. (Although it is true, particularly years ago, an amazing player on a losing team got skipped.) Someone may have a better idea for deciding a qualifying standard.

Here's the list:

All-State Football Players from Minden High School


1916 – John Dutton T

1917 – Prentiss Hough QB

1920 – Connell G

1921 – Charlie Dutton FB

1923 – Simpson T

1924 – Connell C

1925 – McCollum G

1926 – McCollum T

1938 – Charles Lewis G

1939 – Charles Lewis G

1940 – Sam Harper G

1941 – Luke Grigsby G

1949 – Marvin Selby G

1952 – Ken Beck T

1954 – Bobby Hudson T James McCabe QB

1955 – Roger Reeves T

1956 – Paul Robinson E Ken McMichael RB

1958 – Sammy Odom T

1960 – David Lee E Ed Greer QB

1963 – Mike Brewer E Dennis McClure C - Outstanding Lineman Fred Haynes RB* (Played QB but lost that vote to Bobby Duhon and was added as a RB)

1977 – James Britt DB – Outstanding Defensive Player

1979 – Raymond Tate RB

1980 – Raymond Tate RB Anthony Douglas LB

1981 – Raymond Tate RB Anthony Douglas LB

1985 – Roger West DB

1986 – Darryl Moore – T Taurus Williams G Sammy Seamster RB – Outstanding Offensive Player Marc Woods NG Billy Flournoy KR