Bud Garner's World Six man football in Pompano (This is a portion of a story about Pompano High School of years gone by.) The 1941 football season saw Pompano go undefeated with one tie in the Southeastern conference (six-man)competition and this was the last time many of the players would ever play football again as world war II began and some left, never to return. It is fitting I think to briefly recount that season of so long ago. On October 9, we played Jupiter there and defeated them 66-27. This was the first game I ever played in and it was nearly the last. I was the right end and the play was an end around reverse, The half back was to hand the ball off to either end coming around and fake to the other. At the "hike" (not called snaps then) of the ball I, along with the left end (Cecil Miller, ) instead of passing each other we collided head-on, knocking both of us silly. So much for my participation in the rest of that game. The next game was with Everglades city, (a long trip) defeating them 40-0. The first home game of that season was against Moore-Haven, game time 3:30 PM (Never played any conference night games) score, 45-6. The outstanding player of that game was Doyle Alderman, halfback who carried the ball seventy yards for a touchdown. The second home game of that season was against Clewiston, they were beaten 47-18. We traveled up to Eau-Gallie on October 31 who up until this time also were undefeated. They led Pompano 13-6 up until the last final seconds of the game when Billy Mc Clellan recovered a fumble on our fifteen yard line and ran for a touch down. The extra point was good and the game ended in a 13-13 tie. Eau-Gallie had several good Japanese descendent players and their football field was a cow pasture, (could have been called "cow-pasture football " I suppose.) We always had to take a shower after playing there. November 7 Pompano routed Jupiter for the second time by a score of 52-7. The game was automatically stopped when our lead reached 45 points. (That rule should be re-instated today.) On November 14 we again met and defeated Moore-Haven by the score of 47-6 Clewiston was again defeated on November 21 by the score of 63-14. The final game of the 1941 season was with Eau-Gallie who tied us in our first meeting. They were defeated by the score of 21-7. and giving us an undefeated season. Coach Carmichael, as tough and as unforgiving as he was has to be commended for the football and basket ball teams he produced in the early days of competitive sports in Pompano high school. Some of the seniors playing in this undefeated season was, Forrest Cope, half back, Billy Mc Clellan Half back, Harold Kerchival end, half back, Marion Fugate center, Dwight Miller end, Doyle Alderman Half back. and H.C. Rowlett Quarter back and captain of the team. Trying to name all of the people that played six-man football in Pompano would be impossible but here are a few of them that come to mind with no one being intentionally omitted, In addition to those already mentioned they are, B.Sam Walton, Revis Mickler, Cliff Dew, Marvin Reagan, Carlie Johnson, Bobby Mc Clellan, Clinton Lyons, Bud Garner, Oscar Johnson, James Mulkey, Brack Hogan , Cecil Miller, Robert Mitchell, Doug Allen, Hubert Helton, Billy Smith, Art Robinson. John Bill Johnson. Bill Cheshire, Bill Oggs, Bill Sanders, Billy Allis and Jim Hooten. Six-man football was a tough game to play, there was no offensive team and no defensive team, Some players played the entire game and with fewer men on the field, that made for more ground to cover by fewer men, consequentally it made for a more tiring game. Substitutions were usually made only for injuries, there was no unlimited substitution rule. If you started, you were expected to play most of the entire game. Six man football was the foreunner of the many fine football teams Pompano and later Pompano Beach fielded before the High School was closed. The trophies commemorating these accomplishments are many and hopefully some day will again be publically displayed so Pompano Beach will be reminded and proud of the great things that happened here in sports in the past, and will again in the future. Note; ( Portions of the 1941 football season scores taken from the first published Pompano High School annual, The "BEANPICKER.") BG.