From In Retrospect: “In 1933, the first [Darden High School] football team was formed under the leadership of Robert Kornegay. The Trojan Mascot was selected as a result of a contest held in the fall of ’33. The colors ‘Blue & White’ were also formally selected at that time.”
Here is the earliest known photograph of a Trojans gridiron team. The date is somewhat ambiguous, but the photo was taken no later than 1941, when several of the players graduated.
- #60 Joe Williams
- #61 Clarence Hoskins (1924-2010, son of Lonnie and Gertrude Simms Hoskins)
- #63 Marvin Jones (1923-??)
- #64 William Criss Taylor
- #65 Dolly Octavous Brown Jr., Class of ’41 (1922-1993, son of Dolly and Mabel Brown)
- #67 Hubert Odell Speight, ’44 (1922-2009, son of Gray Edmundson and Christine Speight)
- #68 Charles E. Branford Jr. ,’41 (1923-2008, son of Charles and Annie McIntyre Branford)
- #69 Samuel Price Geralds, ’41 (1920-2008, son of Boyd and Viola Geralds)
- #70 David M. Barnes (1921-2006, son of Littleton and Elnora James Barnes)
- #71 Troy Lee Chatman (1922-2020, son of George and Daisy Chatman)
- #72 William Edward Brown, ’41 (1922-1993, son of Ellis and Margaret Scarborough Brown)
- #73 Ellis Brown Jr., ’41 (1921-1989, son of Ellis and Margaret Scarborough Brown)
- #75 Jesse Frank Barnes, ’42 (son of Harry and Rena Barnes)
- #76 Allen McCrimmon (1923-1973, son of Alexander and Mary Watson McCrimmon)
- #77 Daniel Scott Brown, ’41 (1922-2009, son of Booster and Louisa Brown)
- #79 Joe Parker
- #80 Edgar Gerald (1922-??, son of Morant and Lizzie Gerald)
- #81 Joe Pittman
- #82 Joseph Rountree (1923-2001, son of Wiley and Mary Barnes Rountree)
- #83 James W. Ellis, ’41
- Coach B. Miller
- Coach Roberson