A three-sport Tiger letterman, Eddie Khayat went on to be a multi-sport standout at Millsaps College, Perkinston Junior College (now Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College) and Tulane University. He was the Mississippi Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion (novice class) in boxing in 1953-54. Khayat then excelled in a 10-year NFL career with Washington, Philadelphia and Boston. He
Joseph excelled at football, basketball and baseball for the Monarchs and then received a scholarship to play baseball for Grambling State University.
James was an 1965 and 1966 All-State fullback and linebacker and led the 1966 Tiger football team that won eight games in an era when most high school football schedules only included 10 games per year. He played in the 1967 High School All-Star Football Game. Bruce then went on to the University of Arkansas
Hyde excelled in football and basketball for the Monarchs and then attended Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on an athletic scholarship to play basketball and baseball. He played both sports all four years of college, and pitched a no-hitter his junior year at Stillman, and received an invitation to pro camp the summer of 1959.
Harris was a track and field star for the Tigers excelling in track and cross-country. Running was her passion, sometimes in the mornings before school, then again during track practice and again after school. She often trained against boys seeking to better her performance. Harris ran the relays, the 100 yard dash and the 440
A McDonald’s and Parade Magazine High School All-American in basketball, Green averaged 39.7 points per game as a senior to lead the nation in scoring. In college, he led the University of Georgia to an SEC championship and was All-SEC. Green is the University of Georgia’s leading all-time scorer with 2,111 points and is also
Gilliam was a star athlete for the Monarchs and then was an All-Conference quarterback for Alcorn A&M College (now Alcorn State University), where he also played baseball. Gilliam was also an assistant football coach at Magnolia High School and head coach for Nichols High School in Biloxi. As a young boy in Moss Point, Gilliam
Faulks led the Monarchs basketball team to the 1952 Gulf Coast Conference championship. She then played on the Alcorn A&M College (now Alcorn State University) team that won the 1953 South Central Athletic Conference championship in women’s basketball.
An All-State football center, Farragut led the 1945 Tigers as team captain to an undefeated season and was selected team captain by his teammates again the following season. Farragut’s high school coach Ken Swayze moved to coach at Ole Miss, and Dynamite followed him there as one of legendary Rebels head football coach John Vaught’s
A track and field star, Faggard was a high school state champion in the high and low hurdles for the years 1941, 1942 and 1943, and led the Tiger team that won the overall state championship in track in 1942. He also ran the 100- and 220-yard dashes, and ran the anchor legs on the
