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SPOR TS HI ST OR Y

Photo: Glynn County Sports Hall of Fame

Elias Blake, who served as president of Clark University in “I thought Risley should be there forever,” Brown said.
Worcester, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, one of the consequences of school integration
One member of all three 1950 teams was Louis Carl Brown, was the closing of almost every African American high school

Sr. While Brown also played basketball and ran on the Risley in the United States. While Risley High was closed with the
track team, it was his time on the football team under Coach introduction of school integration in 1970, the building has
Lomax that stands out in his memory. Brown, now 89 years been repurposed for other educational and community uses.

old, said his coach was “a man who really wanted you to do More good news is that the Risley High building is listed on
your best. He stayed on you.” Following his graduation from the National Register of Historic Places. An historical marker
Risley, Brown joined the United States Air Force and served for was erected July 2, 2004. The building is a landmark of African
a full term before returning to his hometown. American education and excellence in Glynn County.

A video paying tribute
to the Risley legacy is
available on the Glynn
County Hall of Fame
website, gcshof.com.

TOP: 1950 Risley High
Football Team
LEFT: Clyde Williams
RIGHT: Louis Carl Brown, Sr.
Photo: Glynn County Sports Hall of Fame

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