Sports Center Saturday - Friday Night Lights

In celebration of the kickoff of the NFL season, I am posting an article from The San Saba Daily News which proclaimed C. W. "Charlie" Spurlock (my first cousin, twice removed) as the father of high school football in Richland Springs, San Saba County, Texas:

Source: The San Saba News, 23 October 1930, p. 1, col. 5; digital images, NewspaperARCHIVE.com (www.access.newspaperarchive.com : accessed 11 August 2011.

This is a wonderful example of how research in historical newspapers can add to our knowledge of our ancestors' lives!

Go Chargers!

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© 2011 Denise Spurlock