33 BLUE DEVIL YEARS 
1957-1963


Team Members
1957

Schedule

Pahokee total points:  80  Opponents total points:  92   Won 5  Lost 4
Head Coach:  Web Pell     Line Coach:  Bill Howard
Managers:  Billy Plumer, Sammy McKinstry & Wally Mole

Cheerleaders

Belle Glade game sponsors:  Virginia Culberson and Faith Sasser

The Pahokee Blue Devils went up to Bartow with high hopes.  The game was close until
Richard Shackford was hurt and Henry Holt came in as quarterback.  Pahokee made a series
of mistakes and the Bartow quarterback was able to jump pass into Pahokee's secondary
and win 19 - 13.  Some of the Pahokee boys were weakened by the flu and ran out of gas.

Pahokee had a game with Clewiston but more flu had hit the Blue Devil squad.  The coaching
staff tried to postpone the game until the Blue Devils were in better condition.  Clewiston wanted
Pahokee to play the game or else send Clewiston $200.00 guarantee.  The game was not played
but the Pahokee team had to send the money.  There was a lot of bitterness over this matter which 
took the people of Pahokee a long time to forget.

When Pahokee recovered from the flu they played Seacrest and beat them 19 - 3.  This was
the first field goal ever kicked in the Suncoast Conference.
Lake Worth had a strong team and was able to penetrate inside the Pahokee 10 yard line 5 times
during the game but couldn't score.  Pahokee won this game on a safety.  The scoreboard
read Pahokee 2  Lake Worth 0.

Okeechobee scored first and it looked bad.  Then Pahokee made 4 straight touchdowns to win.
A tough game was played with Vero Beach but Pahokee made the extra points and won.

Pompano had a great passing combination and managed to beat Pahokee by 4 touchdowns.
In the last game of the season, Pahokee beat Belle Glade 6 - 0 before a large overflow
crowd of some 5000 people.
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Who scored 14 touchdowns for Pahokee and only 8 of them counted?
In 1950 Ronnie May scored 14 touchdowns but 6 were called back for penalties.
May was responsible for most of these penalties because he was too eager
 to get down field and was off side.

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Team Members

1958

Schedule

Pahokee total points:  216      Opponents total points:  74     Won 8  Lost 2
Head Coach:  Web Pell          Backfield Coach:  Carney Wilder
Line Coach:  Bill Howard        Manager:  Jeff Barwick

Alvy Early was chosen All Conference Back
Larry Elliott was chosen All Conference Center

Cheerleaders

Belle Glade Game Sponsors:  Cynthia Turbeville and Joyce Goodson

If beef were selling for 2 cents a pound, Pahokee would have been rich.
Pahokee also had a little speed in the backfield for a change.
When you think of big boys like Larry Elliott, Donald Thompson, Willie Veal.
Carroll Watson and Richard Shackford with the speed of Billy Kinsaul in the line
you can see why the Blue Devils were hard to handle.

The passing combination of "Big Rick" Shackford to "Chicken" Alvy Early was one of the best
in the State.  Alvy was great on catching those leaping side line passes and twisting and dancing
down the side lines for touchdowns.  There were no flies on Shackford when he was bottled up
on passing.  He could hand off the draw play or run a quarterback draw to keep the defense honest.
Billy Kinsaul was a fine lineman who could pick up fumbles or make key tackles.  Donald Thompson
played all over the field like an "Avenging Angel" and the opponents feared his bone crushing tackles.

Could you believe that in the last game of the season old Belle Glade fell by the wayside to the tune
of 32-0 against the inspired play of the Devils.

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COACH PELL'S RECORD
1952-1963

Term:  12 years

Coached 120 games - 2 called off.  Cancelled a game with Clewiston in 1957 due to the 
Pahokee squad having the flu.  Cancelled a game with Ft Pierce in 1963 when
President Kennedy was assassinated.

Won 64 - Tied 5 - Lost 49
Pahokee scored 1774 points
Opponents scored 1320 points

Pahokee's record against Belle Glade for the past 12 years.
Won 5 - Tied 1 - Lost 6
Pahokee shut out Belle Glade 2 times
Belle Glade shut out Pahokee 3 times
Points scored:  Pahokee 187   Belle Glade 123
(1953)  Pahokee 41  Belle Glade 12
(1959)  Belle Glade 24  Pahokee 21

Opponents highest score was in 1952  Vero Beach 61  Pahokee 7
Pahokee's highest scoring games in the past 12 years:

Average points per game 118
15 points per game

Average points scored by opponents 118
11.3 per game

1959

Team Members

Schedule

Pahokee total points 92  Opponents total points 183
Won 2  Lost 8    Head Coach:  Web Pell
Backfield Coach:  Carney Wilder
Line Coach:  Bill Howard
Manager:  Jeff Barwick

Cheerleaders

Belle Glade game sponsosrs:
Kathy Wilson and Suzanne Morgan

Most Valuable Back:  Douglas Blanton 
Most Improved Back:  Benny Baxter
Most Valuable Lineman:  Roy Goodson
Most Improved Lineman & All Conference:  Ronnie Jones

Pahokee was not noted for it's defense in 1959 because 182 points were scored
against them and Pahokee's offense made 92 points.  Against 4 teams Pahokee was unable
to score and this looked like the year of the "goose eggs" on the scoreboard.

However, there were some almost great moments in the season.  Benny Baxter made several
long runs against the opposition but Pahokee very seldom capitalized on these runs for  touchdowns
because Pahokee would be penalized or Baxter would be brought down from behind.
Pahokee was noted for fumbling the ball away at crucial opportunities.  Douglas Blanton
made good runs up the middle.

Pahokee beat Riviera 6-0.  The Devils scored and had to hang on for life to keep Riviera
from beating them.  Pahokee was able to master Okeechobee 41-13.  A number of players
scored and Pahokee got nearly 1 half of their seasons touchdown total against Okeechobee.

Pahokee almost beat Belle Glade in the final game.  Belle Glade managed to come back with
good playing and better luck to beat Pahokee 24-21.
Roy Goodson, Ronnie Jones, Douglas Blanton and Benny Baxter played good ball
most of the season.

Ronnie Jones

Sponsors and Escorts

HULL PACKING COMPANY W.G. Hull - Charles Wilkinson - Clark Wilkinson Tinky Nason - Wallace Barnes

1960

Team Members

Schedule

Pahokee total points:  59  Opponents total points:  145
Won 1  Lost 8  Tied 1
Head Coach:  Web Pell   Line Coach:  Bill Howard
Backfield Coach:  Bob Maxson  Manager:  Jeff Barwick

Most Valuable:  Back:  Curtis Russom
Lineman:  Mike Wilson
Most Improved:  Back:  Denny Padgett
Lineman:  Donald Tankersly

Cheerleaders

Belle Glade game sponsors:  Joanne Todd, Ladora Crosby and Joyce Brown

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Who scored 5 touchdowns a game for 4 games in 1 season?
Calvin Peacock in 1940
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This was not a good year for football.  At least not in Pahokee.  The team was green
and mostly inexperienced.  This was a year for building character.  We needed to break away back
 who could to the outside.  Knowing that Pahokee couldn't run to the outside, the other teams
tightened their line and stacked up the linebackers inside.  As a result the defense was very effective
against Pahokee.  Pahokee made a lot of first downs on passes but failed to put the "grits"
on the scoreboard where it counted the most.

Johnny Russom made a few nice runs during the season.  Denny Padgett to Snip Suggs was
an effective passing combination.  John Hundley, John Harris and David Fountain played 
well in the line.

The best game of the season was the pre-Thanksgiving game against our old arch rival,
Belle Glade.  The game was played in Pahokee before a standing room only crowd.
Belle Glade scored first on a series of smashes right  down the field and were leading 7-0
at the beginning of the 4th quarter.  Pahokee hadn't showed too much offensive spark
but the defense repeatedly stopped serious Belle Glade scoring threats.  Pahokee made
several 1st downs gambling on 4th downs from punt formation.  The most effective
play was the side line pass to stop the clock.  Padgett completed 6 out of 7 passes in this
drive to score.  Pahokee made the extra point and the game was tied up.  Pahokee kicked the
ball off and after a few plays by Belle Glade the alert Blue Devils regained possession of the ball
in excellent field position.  The Blue Devils weren't going to settle for a tie and they didn't.
Pahokee gambled on a long pass and it was picked off by Belle Glade.  The Rams tried to move the
ball forward and with 10 seconds left on the clock called timeout.  James Troop came in to
attempt a field goal from about the 10 yard line.  He had never kicked a field goal and was
not very outstanding on extra points.  However, the ball was snapped back to the holder
and Troop stepped forward to deliver a lousy kick.  When the ball left the ground it sailed
through the air like a "platter of fish" and over the uprights to give Belle Glade a 10-7
win over Pahokee.

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What player was injured and did not dress out?  Finding his team behind he
appeared on the field and passed Pahokee to victory?
Doss Tabb in the early 1930's
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1961

Team Members

Schedule

Pahokee total points:  129   Opponents:  49  Won 7  Lost 3
Head Coach:  Web Pell   Backfield Coach:  Bob Maxson
Line Coach:  Bill Hobson   Managers:  Billy Boe and Lynn Nicely

Team Recognition
All Conference End & Little All State:  James Suggs
Honorable Mention:  All Conference:  Harold Peacock
All Conference Center-3rd Team Little All State:  John Hundley

The Best
Most Valuable Back:  John Russom
Most Valuable Lineman:  James Suggs
Most Improved Back:  Harold Peacock
Most Improved Line:  John Hundley

Cheerleaders

Belle Glade game sponsors:  Sue Brower, Vicki Alley, Yvonne Thompson & Patsy Keene

Pahokee played Naples in the first game of the season.  Naples had an excellent ball team
but Pahokee managed to score a touchdown and extra point to beat a favored team.
This was a good start because the caliber of the squad had been questioned.  Pahokee fielded
a fairly green team and Coach Pell didn't expect to win a game, so he said. (He says that every year.)

Riviera Beach was overwhelmed by a score of 14-0.  Peacock did some snazzy passing to "Snip"
Suggs and Jim Vandegrift.  Pahokee overcame a tough Clewiston team by the fancy running of 
"Skipper" Peacock and the passing of Harold Peacock.  John Hundley and "Snip" Suggs were
outstanding on defense.  One of the county's biggest teams, Forest Hill was beaten by the fancy
single wing running of "Skipper" and Harold Peacock.  Jim Suggs was outstanding on the short
passes over the line.  He never scored a touchdown in high school but made many first downs to 
keep Pahokee alive on vital drive.

Pahokee beat rough Ft Pierce by keying their running threat and tackling him before he got to the
line of scrimmage.  Pahokee was outstanding on defense and 2 drives were enough to win.
Pahokee won the game but were cheated out of it by a miscall of the officials, so thought the
townspeople.  A touchback was ruled a safety and the scoreboard read Lake Worth 15
Pahokee 13.

Pahokee didn't have much trouble beating Stuart by a score of 19-0.  The two Peacocks were
outstanding in the game.  Pahokee took out their vengeance of the week before against a 
good Stuart team.

Okeechobee scored first and they thought that they were going to pull the upset of the season.
During the second quarter Pahokee showed them different as the home team scored 4 
touchdowns in about 6 minutes, to win.

Pahokee played tough Seacrest team at Lair Field.  Pahokee played excellent ball but breaks went
 against the Devils.  Besides Seacrest had a tough, mean team and won 9-0.  "Snip" Suggs dropped
2 sure touchdowns passes during the 3rd quarter.  Seacrest beat us up physically because when
Pahokee played Belle Glade they were "snake bit".  Pahokee had not recovered from the
game 4 days ago and played a lackluster game. Pahokee had its opportunity during the early
stages of the game but muffed them.  Belle Glade was clearly the better tam that night and
proved it.  All the Pahokee fans could say at the end of the game was, "Wait until next year".

1962

Team Members

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What was the longest punt by a Pahokee player?
In 1940 H.B. Baxter punted out of his end zone and a Plant City back was tackled
on his own 2 yard line.  It was a 98 yard kick.
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Schedule

Pahokee total points:  169   Opponents total points:  77
Won 7  Lost 2  Tied 1
Head Coach:  Web Pell   Backfield Coach:  Bob Maxson
Line Coach:  Martin Ralph  Managers:  Billy Boy & Roy Carraway

Most Valuable Back:  Harold Peacock
Most Valuable Lineman:  Ronnie Tucker
Most Improved Back:  Kirby Mole
Most Improved Lineman:  Ronnie Tucker
All Conference:  Mike Watkins, Bill Kennedy, Harold Peacock & Donald Tankersley

Cheerleaders

Belle Glade game sponsors:  Gale Sears, Willadene Todd & Peggy Turner

In 1962 Pahokee began to rise on the horizon in the football world.  They had an excellent
quarterback in Harold Peacock and some of the finest glue fingered pass receivers in the state
including Alberto Morrell, Jim Vandegrift, Charles Pell and Fred Clements.

The season started out with a bang.  Pahokee beat Naples 28-0.  Next Pahokee dazzled
Riviera with a passing attack to win 27-12.  Pahokee had a hard time with Clewiston but held
on to win 13-7.  Pahokee pulled a surprise single wing attack to beat strong Forest Hill 9-0 on
a safety and a touchdown.  Peacock made some excellent runs off tackle to score.

Lake Worth had a good team but little Alberto Morrell slipped behind the defense
twice to catch passes for touchdowns.  Pahokee didn't have much trouble with Stuart beating
them 19-0.  Seacrest played a hard fought game against Pahokee.  Seacrest out gained
Pahokee but couldn't out score the Blue Devils who won 20-12.

Compliments of       Halsey Griffith Inc                    James Suggs     All Conference End         Little All State

Against Palm Beach the score of the game was 12 to 7 in favor of Palm Beach.  Alberto
Morrell returned a punt for 90 yards and a touchdown.  It was a great run.  He was shaking tackles
all over the field.  7 Palm Beach players had a shot at Morrell but couldn't down him.  The
game against Belle Glade was a corker.  Belle Glade had won 9 games that season and had
only 2 touchdowns scored on them.  Pahokee received the ball and in 9 formations marched
69 yards for a touchdown.  Peacock carried 8 of the plays off tackle and Cunningham ran once wide.
Belle Glade came to life in the 2nd half and scored 2 touchdowns and was leading 14-7.
Pahokee, with Peacock passing to Alberto Morrell and making key runs, managed to score with
about 3 minutes left in the game.  On the crucial extra point, Peacock was going to pass so they
dropped some men back to protect against the pass.  Peacock received the snap from center
and ran off tackle spilling Belle Glade players all over the place.  He fell over the goal line
to score the extra point.  The game ended as it should with a 14-14 tie, because
the 2 squads were evenly matched.  Belle Glade won the Conference Championship
and Pahokee came in 2nd.

1963

Team Members

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What team penetrated inside Pahokee's 10 yard line 5 times, but was unable to score?
Lake Worth in 1957.  Pahokee won 2-0 on a safety.
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Schedule

Pahokee total points:  164   Opponents total points:  92
Won 6   Lost 3
Head Coach:  Web Pell    Line Coach:  Martin Ralph
Backfield Coach:  Bob Maxson    Manager:  Billy Boe & Roy Carraway

Cheerleaders

Belle Glade game sponsors:  Dianne Hollon, Barbara McKinstry, & Dottie Lair

The 1963 season could have been one of the greatest for the Pahokee Blue Devils except
for a few unfortunate breaks.  Pahokee's great runner and pass receiver Alberto Morrell moved
to Clewiston.  All Conference Bill Kennedy was sick for over a month and could not play.
Keith Padgett, a fine young offensive end, broke his hand and missed 3 games.
Pahokee has a light team with the heaviest weighing 160 lbs.  Therefore, the coach
had to plan an evasive type of game.  They could not match strength with the opponents
but had to use speed and a pro type of offense to bewilder the other team.

The Blue Devils did not have the pass receivers to go deep so quarterback Harold Peacock
had to use the short pass.  Peacock made excellent use of the slant pass, the hook pass, and
the stop and go pass.  His favorite receivers were Charles Pell, Fred Clements, John Pell, Keith
Padgett and Jim Tyson.

Peacock would mix quick pitches, quarterback sneaks and inside runs with his passes.
Keith Padgett was not fast but could catch anything thrown at him.  Fred Clements with more
speed usually went for the long pass.  John Pell caught some timely passes and brother John Pell
was good on catching the flanker pass.

Kirby Mole did a lot of fine running on quickie plays and up the middle.  Harry Cunningham
was a good runner to the outside.  Larry Miller intercepted a pass against Seacrest and scored
the only touchdown by Pahokee.  Sophomore back Mike Sanders made a 47 yard run
against Stuart for the longest run of the season.  Walter Young kicked off for Pahokee and
played outstanding ball for Pahokee on offense and defense.  Joe Davis became one of
the great punters in the Suncoast Conference and played a fine game at defensive end.
There were many other lesser stars on the team.

Now we come to our pride and joy, quarterback Harold Peacock.  He made All Conference
and was elected co-captain of the Little All State Team.  Harold was a great all around player,
both offense and defense.

Pahokee is a class "B" school playing against 5 class "AA" schools, 3 class "A" school,
and one class "B" school.  Here is Harold's record:
Rushed for 727 yards in 124 carries, a 5.9 yard average.
Passed 118 times and completed 62 for 559 yards minus a 53% accuracy figure,
and scored 76 points to lead the Suncoast Conference in scoring.

As a junior, Peacock carried the ball 92 times averaging 4.3 yards per carry, gaining
357 yards.  He passed for 429 yards while scoring 8 touchdowns.
As a sophomore, Peacock gained 248 yards in 73 tries, scored 8 touchdown and 50 points
and completed 40 of the 89 passes for 3 touchdowns.

Harold Peacock is a fine boy to coach and credit to the game.  The best game of the
season was against Belle Glade, who had won or tied 22 straight games.
Pahokee pushed Belle Glade around for 3 quarters only to lose 7-6 in
the final quarter.  Charles Pell was selected on the All Suncoast 2nd Team at end.

ALL STARS  1949-1963

                RE            Chat Clark- best pass defender ever to be in the Suncoast Conference.
                                    Excellent pass receiver on the long pass.  Sure tackler on defense.  Made
                                    mistakes but recovered quickly.

                   RT            Tom Elliott- a big, powerful boy who could open up gaping holes on offense.
                                    Outstanding tackler on defense.  Used his hands well on defense to ward
                                    off tacklers.

                   RG            Donald Thompson- he was the original monster man.  He had that burning
                                    desire to play football.  Fine offensive and defensive player.

                  Center        John Hundley- not a spectacular player but steady.  Always picking up loose
                                    fumbles and making great downfield blocks.  He could clear out the
                                    linebackers.

                  LG            Jimmy Hoyle- he was a linebacker deluxe.  He made tackles at the last moment
                                    but he was sure and deadly.

                  LT            Ronnie Hitchcock- was quick as a cat on offense.  He could cross the line of
                                   scrimmage and rock you like you never been rocked before.  A stone wall on
                                   defense. A crashing type of a player who spent a lot of time in enemy territory.

                 LE            Bobby Peacock- not a fast end but could make those diving catches on passes
                                  that would be impossible for other ends to make.  Could make those high leaping
                                  one handed catches like the pros.

                LH            Hal Rosenberg- his long runs were legendary in the Suncoast.  Not many
                                 defensive men could catch him and when they did they wished they hadn't.
                                 He was a hard man to tackle and he had the 6th sense to know when to
                                 cut in the secondary.

                FB           George Mills- best blocking back ever to play the Suncoast.  A good run-
                                ner up the middle on the fullback smash and counter play.

               LH            Buford "Choo Choo" Justice - they don't make school boys like that any-
                                more.  He was 6 foot 2 inches, 185 lbs and could run the 100 in 10
                                seconds flat.  Great outside runner and when he got around the corner
                                school was out for the other team.  He could break a tight ball game
                                quickly.

              QB            Harold Peacock- a great runner, best high school passer in the state.
                                Twice made All-Conference and was chosen Captain of the Little
                                All State Team.  He is the type of player coaches dream about but
                                see once in a lifetime in a small school.

                                                                             

Listed below are others we feel should have been on the team, but we had
to limit the team to 11.

Who was the greatest Pahokee scorer during Coach Web Pell's reign at Pahokee?
Hal Rosenberg scored 120 points.

Coaches Records

Coach Frank Hobson
(1931-1941)            11 years
Played 112 games
Won 70  Tied 12   Lost 30


Coach Jack Boise
(1943)      1 year
Won 3  Tied 2  Lost 4


Coach Frank Osteen
(1943-1944)      2 years
Won 10  Tied 1  Lost 7


Coach Clyde Alley
(1945-1949)    5 years
Won 24  Tied 4   Lost 17

Coach Joe Tolle
(1930)       1 year
Won  3   Lost 3

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