Erskine Russell

The late Erk Russell was the last 4-sport letterman at Auburn University. But as a coach his specialty was getting maximum effort out of lesser athletes.

He won a state championship as head coach of Atlanta's Grady High School, and a national championship as defensive co-ordinator for the University of Georgia Bulldogs

His defensive line talent was so pathetic in 1980,. that he desperately

sought out ways to fortify their fragile self-esteem. (He couldn't expect much help from an offense whose best hope was an incoming "true freshman" running back who had played high school ball at the single-A level.)

When passed over for the head coaching job at UGA, Erk responded to the disappointment by inaugurating the football program at Georgia Southern. In their first two years of competition in NCAA Division I-AA, his Golden Eagles won back-to-back national championships.

Now Erk has been nominated to the College Football Hall of Fame

TSSAA Final Power Ratings 2009

"Old man who is named for a convenience store." 
they asked me "what is this downfield blocking of which you speak? 
Pass-catching specialists may commit acts of violence? Offensive linemen must renounce passivity? Multiple defenders can tacklie a single ball carrier? 'Tell our coaches we want to practice harder.Teach us the ways of the ancient warrior who coached on the shores of the rivers Hudson and Tennessee/ Sonny Moore Ratings for Bearden unclassified (approximately 650 teams

Sonny Moore
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Previous Years
           Sonny Moore
2009    12
2008    41
2007      6
2006    43
2005    68
2004   207
2003   114
2002   112
2001     82
2000     62
1999     36
1998    142
1999       22

Why Erk should be in the Hall of Fame

Tony Barnhart's case
Nomination