Via Shaunna M. Stevens, Lisa Jones shared these photos of the Darden High School football team on which her late father, Elroy Jones, played in 1947.

D.H. Atkinson was head coach of the team, and James C. Ellis and Charles E. Branford were his assistants.

The players:

• Fred Barnes, back, sophomore
• James Barnes, center, senior
• Gerald Best, guard, sophomore
• John Cotton, tackle, sophomore
• William Darden, center, junior
• James Dew, end, sophomore
• William Dew, back, junior
• Jimmy Ellis, back, freshman
• Ralph Gay, tackle, senior
• James George, guard, senior
• Charles Hines, end, senior
• Ernest Holiday, captain, back, sophomore
• Joe Holiday, end, senior
• Charles Howell, back, junior
• Robert Jenkins, end, junior
• Elroy Jones, end, junior
• Ivory Robinson, co-captain, back, junior
• James Simms, tackle, junior
• Clarence Thomas, guard, sophomore
• Alphonza Watson, back, junior
• Marvin Weaver, tackle, junior

Wilson Daily Times, 24 September 1947.

Stay tuned for more posts as we follow the Trojans through their 1947 gridiron season!