Former Valdosta Wildcat quarterbacks Buck Belue, left, and John Lastinger, right, will join their coach, the late Nick Hyder, in the Valdosta High Sports Hall of Fame Thursday night.. Buck Belue, who quarterbacked Georgia to a national championship in 1980, was at Universities Forever in Cumming on Saturday to promote his book 'Inside the Hedges: The Quarterback's Journey to the 1980 National Championship.' - photo by David Roberts. As a young boy there growing up in Valdosta, we all dreamed of the day we would get to high school and wear that Wildcat uniform and win a state title. The Vikings ran onto the field with their new Plowboys jerseys, and the home crowd went nuts. The coach it was John Lastingers dad, as a matter of fact they installed this tight end-around pass, and I ended up leading the league in passing. [John Lastinger followed Belue as the starting quarterback at Valdosta and at Georgia. VALDOSTA Buck Belue starred at quarterback for Valdosta High years before the team's current players were even born. The 2007 estimate showed a population of 130,170 in the Valdosta metropolitan area. Events are being planned for Atlanta, Augusta and Marietta, among other cities. The Winnersville Classic featuring Lowndes vs. Valdosta was born. Belue said he flirted with shopping his book to outside publishers, but opted instead to publish it himself. Valdosta High School Graduate. It was good learning from their experiences. Buck Belue was born and raised in Titletown, USA also known as Valdosta, Georgia. It was the last one. Buck has also written a new book about his times as an athlete in Valdosta and the University of Georgia. We had a fellow by the name of Freddie Steedley who had a mule, and he agreed to put on the overalls and straw hat and ride the mule out to midfield before the game, Prince said. Henderson said neighborhood residents called the police, who came over to the Valdosta fields where he and other fans were watching practice. He played four seasons in the CFL and USFL, then became a professional wrestler and the WCW heavyweight champion in 1992. Valdosta City Schools ; J. L. Lomax Elementary School ; Pinevale Elementary School ; Sallas Mahone Elementary ; S.L. Joe told Martin, Ill give you three reasons: One, Ill give you a winning season, which youve never had. But Belues retelling of that episode during Georgias 1980 championship season is just one example of the honest account the former star quarterback shares of playing for the Bulldogs from 1978-81. The signing will be held at the Salty Snapper, located at 1405 Gornto Road in Valdosta, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Belue will also be speaking to all in attendance, discussing details about the book starting . Youd see him around town and stop and go wow. Youd be in awe. Tevin Tisdale in the 2018 game, said MacPherson. He hit .447 for the 1982 season and his .356 career batting average (he also hit 30 homers and scored 114 runs) remains among the top 10 in school history. The Falcons drafted Andrews in the third round, and he rushed for 1,000 yards in four of his first five seasons before a knee injury cut his career short. Buck Belue - Player Card Home >> Minor League Baseball College Baseball High School Baseball Boxscores and Analysis Other Topics Minor Leagues >> Minor League Players Minor League Teams Affiliate History Minor Leagues Minor Leagues by Season Independent Baseball Leagues Prospects Minor League Awards Minor League People Minor League Transactions So, Joe sits down with Martin and Sonny asks him, Joe, why should I hire you? Prince said. Lastinger decided he wanted to make the annual football game more of a community-wide event and celebration, so beginning with the 1981 Valdosta vs. Lowndes game, he called it The Winnersville Classic. What had been just a game between the two local schools would become a week-long celebration involving the community, fans, players, and coaches, and the game would never be the same again. He set other state records in high school football that lasted decades, including the single-season receiving record of 1,573 yards as a sophomore in 1971. So the Viking flag flew high and proud over the Valdosta stadium property, for at least a little while.. It was not very good, Georgias home finale ends with a thud vs. Florida, Atlanta Uniteds Franco Ibarra settling into his natural role, Stetson Bennett, Darnell Washington highlight Bulldogs at NFL combine, Seeding, pride on line as Georgia Bulldogs host Florida, Timber frame office building at Ponce City Market Atlanta starts to rise, Supreme Court hearing on student loan forgiveness: What it means for Georgians. Credit: Photo by Chris McShane (provided by Buck Belue). We just rolled with it and said the timing is the timing. You just looked at Bazemore like Lombardi at the time. The first time was when Bazemore retired, and they hired Charlie Green. ", Former Georgia quarterback and current Forsyth County resident Buck Belue, right, with Universities Forever owners Stuart Cohen, left, and Jini Lee. It turned out it was a bad snap from the center and threw off the timing. Buck Belue Buck Blanton Calvin Waters Caroline Everitte Cassandra Morris Catherine (Cathy) Pearlman Chad Wilson Charles Fluit . I was in the office when Joe Wilson threw his keys on Nick Hyders desk and told him, Coach, we are going to whip your [butt] when you come to our place in two years, and thats exactly what happened, Baker said. Rome said in high school, he did. Rome settled on professional football, playing four NFL seasons with the Chiefs. Search and browse yearbooks online! The runner-up was Herschel Walker, then a sophomore. He also ran for 75 yards in 10 attempts. A defibrillator is a device used to treat a person who has suddenly gone into cardiac arrest, and possibly save their life. "So most days, at the end of the day, I would just jot down some notes from the day. He was the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980, when the team went 12-0, and, after beating Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl, was named the consensus national champion. He was credited with 130 tackles as a senior. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. GO CATS! "I got to work last year on it, before the football season started," Belue said. He came in from West Rome with the idea of running the wishbone like he was doing in Rome, and I was coming over for spring football as an eighth grader, and it wasnt a couple of months later we were back for preseason practice, and he was totally shifted to the Bazemore offense, as we called it. I knew coverage, I knew techniques, things that it seemed like these other quarterbacks didnt understand at the time. [4] His career batting average at Georgia was .356 and he went on to play three years in the Montreal Expos organization. Walker led Georgia to a 1980 national title and finished his career with 5,259 rushing yards, the most ever in three seasons. Salary in 2020. That still sort of haunts me even today., 7. ], Ive also got some memories of Coach Hyder trying to turn the program around, and he took me to some playoff games to watch Michael Jolly [the quarterback on Central-Macons 1975 Class 3A championship team]. Martin brought in Wilson for an interview after hearing that the coach was not exactly happy with the Wildcats at the time. Prince recalled how, prior to the 1985 Winnersville game, an idea was hatched to have someone ride a mule out to midfield before the Valdosta game, staying true to the plowboys image Lowndes had cultivated. Way too much credit is given to Herschel (Walker) and Lindsay (Scott) and Buck. Macon, GA Position: QB Height: 6'1" Weight: 190 College: Georgia High School: Valdosta (GA) Career: 1984-1985 Buck Belue played from 1984 to 1985 during his career with the Jacksonville Bulls. In baseball, he had a career .356 batting average and became a second-round pick in the 1978 MLB Draft. Larry Kinnebrewrushed for more than 1,000 yards as a fullback and was the dominant force defensively on East Romes 15-0 Class A champion that shut out nine opponents and held four others to seven points or less in 1977. Don Shula's Miami Dolphins went undefeated and won the Super Bowl. The native of Jessup has made his home in Valdosta since retiring from professional football and is an avid supporter of UGA athletics and a dedicated follower of local high school football. The class also includes two players that went to Valdosta High School (Rome and Belue), Avondale (Dudish and Kell), Warner Robins (Brooks and Simmons), Washington County (Spikes and Edwards) and Parkview (Francoeur and Stinchcomb) while 26 other high schools had one player represented. Rome was ranked the No. [7], Since 2000, Belue has been a sports radio host with WCNN in Atlanta, Georgia. Hes a very good coach, Belue said. Call: (916)383-0110 (510)781-4800. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Im just so thankful my quarterback coach was Joe Wilson. A behind the curtain look at my story from Valdosta High through the University of Georgia. Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA), Class of 1978, Page 57 of 272 | E-Yearbook.com has the largest online yearbook collection of college, university, high school, middle school, junior high school, military, naval cruise books and yearbooks. And I have so many great memories of him taking time to help coach me up. If you are a good ole boy from the South, it's going to be hard to find a better name than Buck Belue. [2] Belue was named captain of the 1981 team. Benjamin Franklin "Buck" Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. Dooley stayed, Georgia went on complete the last perfect season in school history, and Belue and his coach are just fine. According to Baker, the win inspired a year-long rally cry: 7 to 2 we beat Belue., John Lastinger, the son of Johnny B. Lastinger, played receiver at Valdosta and would be the guy who succeeded Belue at quarterback. He was a member of the Redskins Super Bowl champion in 1988. Because official statistics are not required or maintained by any state organization, the records that we display here come from individual schools and from media reports, primarily newspapers. There were coaches before him, but it was Wright Bazemore who took over as the Wildcats head football coach in 1942 and built the foundation for the winningest football team in the country. 4 Georgia high school football player of all time. His next signings currently are planned for July 22 (6-8 p.m.) at Padriacs in Vinings and July 24 (4-6 p.m.) at Rosatis Sports Pub in Belues current hometown of Cumming. I appreciate these guys taking time out of their busy schedules to come out here and work with these players, Belue said. It was designed to look like it was coming from Lowndes fans. Mark Lemke joins me. Sports Illustrated said last fall . But the current Wildcats still know who he is. Search and browse yearbooks online! Nelson knows he can't be too careful after he sparked a small-town tempest in the high school football hotbed of Valdosta, a city of more than 56,000 residents located about 15 miles north of the . Quarterback of Georgia's 1980 National Championship Team Captain of the 1981 SEC Champion Georgia Bulldogs Twice selected as 1 st Team All-SEC QB 4-Year Starter on the Georgia Baseball Team Twice selected as 1 st Team All-SEC Outfielder Led the SEC in hitting Honored as the SEC Athlete of the Year 1981. Closed on Weekends. The dream was to wear that Valdosta uniform and do like every other graduate that came through, and that was win a state championship, and we played Clarke Central in Athens and lost 16-14. That turned on a light for me. And a Plains teen girl borrowed Jimmy Carters clothes. You need to watch him tonight, and he put on one of the most memorable performances I can remember seeing. Doug Henderson, whose sons Ashley, Justin, and Doug all played at Valdosta, recalled a prank in the mid-90s that was designed to fire up the Wildcat players. That was the dream of every young athlete in Valdosta, and that dream didnt go much further than that. Buck Belue 0:00 0:32 The "best team ever" conversation is an interesting one. Belue played all four years on Georgias baseball team. Youve been to about 10 cities to sign your book, and youve got several more scheduled. It remains one of those indelible football moments from which Buck Belue can never escape, nor does he want to. The Bulldogs would go on to defeat Notre Dame 17-10 in the Sugar Bowl four weeks later. Who are some of the great players you saw from your era or before? Please only use it for a guidance and Buck Belue's actual income may vary a lot from the dollar amount shown above. In the spring of 1978, he won the Class A 100-yard dash in 10.02 seconds. I really enjoyed working with Mike and Alfrie, and getting to know them, Belue said. Its been written and put away for five years, then re-written and put away for 10 years and then re-written again. Seeing Andy Johnson in 1969 was one of my first recollections of high school football [at the 1969 Class 3A championship game between Athens and Valdosta at Cleveland Field]. With Coach Bazemore, I just looked at him as an innovator offensively. We were in an extra bedroom, and his wife came in a couple of times and told him dinner was ready. He was just so far ahead of his time. The student then greased the entire flag pole from top to bottom, ensuring that it would not be very easy for Valdosta High maintenance to climb up to detach the Viking flag. 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I host The Buck Belue Show on 680 The Fan Atlanta, weekdays 10-11. Buck Belue is best known as the quarterback who led Georgia to its 1980 national championship, but he was widely known before that as a high school athlete. He was totally unselfish, too. Valdosta is the home of Valdosta State University, a regional university in the University System of Georgia with over 12,000 students, and Valdosta High School, home to the winningest football program in the United States. There was still a chance for the Vikings if they could return the kickoff, but they never got the chance. We have estimated Buck Belue's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets. Im pleased we were able to give Valdosta a defibrillator, since they didnt have one, Belue said. And when it came to recruiting, he was the only coach I felt like I could trust with the baseball thing. He was the first 4 year starter at Quarterback at Valdosta High school. We had a Valdosta booster, Charlie Whetherington, who knew a pilot, and they flew over a Valdosta practice the week of the game against Lowndes and dumped those flyers. He and his wife had an apartment next to the school, and I would go over to watch film with him. Belue was kidded about Valdosta falling to Clarke Central in the 1977 Class 4A state finals. I remember Buck had to go to the locker room and get another jersey. I remember Stanley Bounds. Im just humbled really by it all, just thankful that I was working alongside those coaches and teammates, without whom I wouldnt be able to enjoy something like this. When he knocked off the third one a state championship, which Lowndes won in 1980 Johnny B. Lastinger was prompted to concede this was more than just a game it was a community event. In 2004, the Falcons retired his jersey No. Lowndes athletic director Danny Redshaw said things have calmed down considerably between the two sides today, but there was a time when the Winnersville Classic put both Lowndes and Valdosta on high alert. He was totally unselfish, too. Who are some of the great players you saw from your era or before? That was Lowndes first win ever against Valdosta, whose quarterback was Buck Belue, the future University of Georgia star. He started in 78 out of 92 career games, made three Pro Bowls and was first-team All Pro once. That passage appears in Chapter 18 -- titled The Dooley Drama -- of the 199-page book. @ThePodcastPark. Sign up for our email newsletter. Published: Apr 25, 2022, 10:44 AM. I just take it as a huge honor.. The show was a weekly production featuring McGuyrt and the Valdosta head coach talking about the previous game and looking ahead to the upcoming game. GHSF Daily recently named him the best player in Thomasville High history, and the AJC in 2007 ranked him the No. In the 2011 game, Lowndes was leading 17-7, and with only 1:14 remaining in the game, looked like they were on their way to their eighth straight win in the Winnersville Classic. They already had been to Jacksonville, Fla., Macon and Columbus. With Coach Hyder, you just couldnt imagine anyone working harder than him to be successful. The. Rush Propst believes the Netflix series "Titletown High," which debuts Friday and chronicles the 2020 season of the Valdosta High School football team, will "clear some things up" about . We missed a chip-shot field goal that wouldve won the state championship for all of us. Sandra Belue's son and his roommate, Scott, had just carved out a piece of immortality. The Valdosta fans had bumper stickers that read, City Slickers and, Mama, dont let your babies grow up to be plowboys, Prince said. What was the most memorable high school game that you played? valdosta high school Fields Victoria Lane-Long Victor James Vivian Manghram Voncil Moss The first time I played quarterback was in the eighth grade. $1 Million - $5 Million. The History of the Winnersville Classic: Valdosta, Lowndes and a Community-Wide Celebration, 4 Questions With Northside Warner Robins Football Coach Chad Alligood, One-Point Wins Highlight Exciting Georgia Boys Basketball Playoffs, 4 Questions with McEachern Football Coach Kareem Reid, McCullough Triplets Ready for Next Chapter in Wrestling Careers, Baltimore Ravens WR Rashod Bateman Honored by Hometown Tifton, Trinity Catholic Celtics Find Success with Former Gators QB John Brantley, Showcase Football Events Attract High-Profile Programs, Rewind: Top 10 Florida High School Football Prospects Since 2000. The first part of the book is my journey through Valdosta and the secrets to all the winning. Read, watch, and listen to the latest news and opinions in the high school sports world. He played at 6 feet, 2 inches, and 240 pounds but was exceptionally fast. There is no denying that Rush Propst as a football coach, is as good as they come for on-field success. Andrews was named to four Pro Bowls and earned two second-team All-Pro selections. Stan Rome was a dominant two-sport athlete who still holds the state record for most receiving yards in a career (4,477) despite playing in a run-dominated era. Way too much credit is given to Herschel (Walker) and Lindsay (Scott) and Buck. Buck Belue, former Valdosta, UGA quarterback. It was just playing for the Wildcats. I had wanted to meet him, said Turner, the only other quarterback to start as a freshman for Valdosta in the last 50 years. Sign up now to get our FREE breaking news coverage delivered right to your inbox. . Buck Belue is the only Quarterback to start all four years at Quarterback for Valdosta High. He played for what is regarded as the greatest Valdosta team ever, which went 13-0 in route to a Class 3A title. Kinnebrew was named the AJCs Class A Lineman of the Year and was a Parade All-American. The coach it was John Lastingers dad, as a matter of fact they installed this tight end-around pass, and I ended up leading the league in passing. [John Lastinger followed Belue as the starting quarterback at Valdosta and at Georgia. Redshaw also talked about the days just before the game, when fans of both teams would cruise up and down Ashley Street, hurling insults out the window at each other. In the 1977 game, there were no fights, but there was a bounty placed on Buck Belue not to hurt the Valdosta QB great, but to take a piece of his number 8 jersey off his back and to the Lowndes sideline. Four other ex-Georgia players helped Belue at the camp. We had weight limits, and if you weighed a certain amount, you couldnt play in the backfield, and I was a bigger kid then. Two, Ill beat Valdosta, which youve never done. The best players I saw play in the game were quarterback Cedric Hatten for us, and for Lowndes it was Greg Reid. While Atlanta was being called Loserville by mostly state and national sports writers, Chason replied in his column that Valdosta was doing very well with the success of its local sports teams and was worthy of the title Winnersville.. We would have to hire extra security guards for the entire week of the game, starting on Sunday night, and it would last all week long until the game was over, Redshaw said. There was some of that thought process going on. We wanted to work with players who were (at Valdosta), who are committed to playing football. I really appreciate him letting me come out here and do this, because a lot of coaches wouldnt.. Net Worth in 2021. Benjamin Franklin "Buck" Belue played American football and baseball at the University of Georgia from 1978 to 1981. 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