Red Black may have been the best of them all

By: Isaiah Smith

  • Red Black (center) signs with UGA to play baseball following his senior season at North Habersham High School as teammates Ernest Todd (left) and Howard Burke (right) look on. Black was a three-sport star for the Bobcats and was awarded All-State Honorable Mention honors following the 1954 football season. Photo submitted by Chuck Black.
    Red Black (center) signs with UGA to play baseball following his senior season at North Habersham High School as teammates Ernest Todd (left) and Howard Burke (right) look on. Black was a three-sport star for the Bobcats and was awarded All-State Honorable Mention honors following the 1954 football season. Photo submitted by Chuck Black.
    Throughout Habersham County, the Black family name is nearly synonymous with Raider football. And this year, the family will have another member's name woven into history, as the late Jerry "Red" B...

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