Appalachia Football History

**pvfan** · May 4th, 2008, 06:36 PM

Was looking back over the history of Appy Football and noticed that in 1941 they played William Flemming (an all black school). Was this a common practice? I found that to be odd, considering this area was still racially segregated. Anybody have any information on this?

**imported_elp6n** · May 4th, 2008, 06:46 PM

If no one on here has the info for you, stop at Lonesome Pine School & Heritage Center near the June Tolliver House (http://www.lpshc.org/) - they have a large amount of info of that variety. Very interesting stuff.

**SWVA-Football** · May 4th, 2008, 07:21 PM

Local football history is something that's not studied and discussed enough. thumbs down

**pvfan** · May 4th, 2008, 07:58 PM

I've got scores from every game ever played by Appalachia and Powell Valley. It's one of my favorite hobbies.

**Sat_morning_QB** · May 4th, 2008, 09:23 PM

Have you got anything posted online, I was looking for a roster for the 89 team.

**pvfan** · May 4th, 2008, 10:14 PM

No, I don't have anything posted online I just have materials I've accumulated over time. I think I have a team picture from the 89 Appy team somewhere though.

**lpd_observer** · May 5th, 2008, 10:33 PM

I completely agree with you. Personally, I dont think that we talk about local sports enough on this forum. I love the sports of our region because they make us unique. We play a different brand of ball. Tough ball with hard nosed kids who have a wonderful blue collar work ethic who dont feel entitled to win. Good high school athletics are as much a part of our culture as the mountains we live in. We ought to study our athletics history, and use it to build a conscious legacy in through the halls of our schools.

**pvfan** · May 5th, 2008, 10:47 PM

It would be really nice if people could get together and bring the info they have and put together some information. As I said I have scores from every game that PV and Appy have played. I also have probably 30 or some team pictures of Appalachia. I also think I have a team picture of most of the LPD Champions up until around the late 90's.

**SWVA-Football** · May 6th, 2008, 12:25 AM

I think it would be incredible if we could get a bunch of the newspapers going back as far as possible that list bunches of teams, show their "star" players, have interviews with the players and coaches, etc. You know, like the Coalfield feature just before the season begins, etc.? That would be pretty awesome.

It would be interesting looking back at the players, how they spoke of the game, their mentalities before the seasons (especially the championship teams), and more. I wish there was a way to find this stuff on the net. It's a shame there isn't more material available without having to break your back just to find it. It's even somewhat tough to find pictures of Julius and Thomas Jones when they played for PV, and that's a damned shame.