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Emory & Henry Football All-Americans

Emory & Henry football players have been recognized on the national level since the early days of the game. Since 1934, over 60 players have been selected as “All-America.” The players listed below have been named to one or more of the following All-America squads: Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Champion, D3football.com, Football Gazette, Football News,Hewlett-Packard, Methodist, Pizza Hut, USA Today and Williamson. Year(s) of selection are listed. First-Team Selections are boldfaced

Paul "Bus" Mackey (G), 1934 Alderson Propps (E), 1934 Mark Kegley (B), 1936 Robert Miller (B), 1949 , '50, '51 James "Buddy" Earp (C), 1950 Charles "Chick" Davis (B), 1951 James Neblett (T), 1951 Carl "Bob" Howard (E), 1951 Erwin "Bunny" Saltz (B), 1952 William Earp (C), 1956 Hobart Cawood (G), 1956 Joey Rusek (G), 1957 Harold Lambert (E), 1957 Manuel "Greek" Stoupis (T), 1958 Harry H. Yost (B), 1959 C.A. Burton (B), 1961 Hal McHorris (C), 1961 Levi Otey (E), 1959, '60, '61 Jack Thomas (T), 1962 Bill Bryant (G), 1962, '63 Earl Hawkins (HB) , 1962, '63

Jesse "Sonny" Wade (QB), 1967 , '68 Larry Bales (OB), 1968 Fred Selfe (OC), 1968 Wayne Neese (OB), 1969, '70

Adam Dowe (DE), 1993 Ricky Webb (DB), 1993 Mark Middleton (P), 1994 Darren Reed (LB), 1994 Jamie Harless (DT) , 1995, '97 Thomas Nelson (DB), 1996 Kevin Rogers (OL), 1996 Larry Arwood (LB), 1997 Mike Kassnove (DE) , 1997, '98 John Carmody (LB), 1998 Micheal Hughes (OL), 1998, '99 Oliver Jordan (RB), 1998 Isaac Williams (DT), 1998 Charles Peterson (DB), 1999 Charles Peterson (RS), 1999 Jelani Patterson (DE) , 2001 Marshall Doss (LB), 2006 - HM Caleb Jennings (RS), 2008 - HM Caleb Jennings (RB), 2009 Devan Sproles (LB), 2011 - HM Jay Swegheimer (DE), 2020

David Lee (T), 1970 Bobby Hill (DB), 1971 Bob Whetsel (LB), 1973 Steve Larus (TE), 1982, '84 Mike Lindsay (DB), 1984 Keith Furr (DB) , 1985, '86 Rob McMillen (DT) , 1985 Steve Dean (OG), 1986 Sandy Rogers (RB), 1986 Gary Collier (QB), 1987 Taylor Lyne (OL), 1987

Chris Mussar (DL), 1987 Steve Bowman (DT) , 1988 Doug Reavis (DB) , 1988 , '89 Billy "B.I." Salyers (OT) , 1989, '90 Jason Grooms (DT) , 1991 Patrick Buchanan (OT) , 1992 Scott Pruner (DE) , 1992

Since 1982, the Twelfth Man Award has recognized individuals who make unusual and outstanding contributions to the Emory & Henry College football program. Dave Thomas Twelfth Man Award Year Winner 1982 Dr. J. William Ashworth 1983 Dr. Worth “Rusty” Young 1984 Greever Crouse 1985 Leo Hockett 1986 Al Mitchell 1987 Patsi B. Trollinger 1988 Craig Sutherland 1989 Dr. Charlie Sydnor 1990 George Chavatel 1991 Jim Brooks 1992 Dave Thomas 1993 Dr. Tim McGarry 1994 Dr. Lewis “Mac” Purifoy 1995 Mary Wallace Wacker 1996 Winton Lackey 1997 Robin Walton 1998 Dr. Thomas R. Morris 1999 John Young & Phil Young 2000 Laura Pruitt 2001 Tom Ely 2004 Dr. Jack Roper 2005 Laurn Becker 2006 Jimmy Brooks 2007 Don Inazu 2008 Dr. Todd Nairn Year Winner 2009 Todd Woodall 2010 Dr. Lee Willis 2011 Rick Hughes 2012 Mike Snow 2013 Dana Gentry Boyd 2014 Joanne Sydnor 2015 Tony Hart 2016 Cheryl Davenport 2017 Dr. Todd Muncy 2018 Dave Brinnegar & Sam Walker 2019 Dr. Charlie Sydnor 2020 Rufus Shull * Award not presented for 2002, 2003, 2021, 2022 or 2023 seasons. The Dave Thomas Twelfth Man Award was created at the conclusion of the 1982 football season by then-Head Coach Lou Wacker to acknowledge members of the Emory & Henry football family for going above-and-beyond in their contributions to the program. Since its inception, 37 individuals have been named the Dave Thomas Twelfth Man of the Year including Presidents of the College, faculty, staff, medical professionals and philanthropists. The award was named for Dave Thomas, its 11th recipient, following the 2005 season. Thomas was a long-time member of the facilities staff, whose work ethic and dedication to Emory & Henry and its student athletes was unmatched.