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THOMAS COUNTY
Allen Normal & Industrial
Location: Thomasville
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Notes: Existed until early 1920s. Might have played some football.
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Coolidge Colored
Location: Coolidge
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Notes: Participated in several state Class C basketball tournaments in the 1950s.
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Douglass
Location: 115 Forrest Street - Thomasville
Dates: -1970
Named for: Frederick Douglass
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- 1959-60: 310
- 1966-68: 361
- 1968-70: 372
Notes: Won the 1959 and 1967 state football titles. Charlie Ward, Sr. was a key member of the 1957 state runners-up. Fletcher V. Rollins was an outstanding all-around player for the school in the 1930s. He later starred at Lincoln (PA) before returning to Georgia as a principal of Nashville High & Elementary, Brooks County Training, and as a football coach for Douglass. As a salute upon integration, Thomasville High amended their school colors to include Douglass's gold.
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Magnolia
Location: Thomasville
Dates: -1970
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- 1959-60: 294
- 1966-68: 392
- 1968-70: 360
Notes: Girls were runners-up in the 1959 basketball tournament. After a slow start, Charlie Ward Sr. built Magnolia into a strong football program. Missing Ochlochnee's proper name; it was one of the schools who consolidated to form Magnolia.
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New Union
Location: Boston
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Notes: Played in several Class C state basketball tournaments in the 1950s.
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North Boston
Location: Boston
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Notes: Amazingly, Boston had two all grades black schools until Magnolia consolidated everything. North Boston won the girls' Class B state basketball tournament in 1952.
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