Macon Touchdown Club

On Monday night, September 21st, the Macon Touchdown Club will welcome Coach Danny Ford, formerly of Clemson University as our feature speaker.

As always, we will meet at The Methodist Home For Children, in The Rumford Center. The address is 304 Pierce Avenue, and the meeting begins at 6:30 pm.

Coach Ford is among five former Division I Bowl Subdivision coaches on the 2016 ballot for inductioninto the College Football Hall of Fame,

http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/sports/college/clemson/2015/06/02/danny-ford-clemson-football-hall-fame/28353431

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On Monday night, September 14th, the Macon Touchdown Club will welcome Coach Bobby Lamb of Mercer University as our feature speaker.

As always, we will meet at The Methodist Home For Children, in The Rumford Center. The address is 304 Pierce Avenue, and the meeting begins at 6:30 pm.

http://www.mercerbears.com/sports/fball/index

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Bobby Sanders Memorial Scholarship
Brice Fincher – Howard High School
Dallace Francis – Mount De Sales
Sean Grossnickle – Stratford Academy
Jonathan Raines – FPD

Ortho Georgia Back of the Year
Tekorian Denson – Northeast High School

Ortho Georgia / Bill Turner Lineman of the Year
Abel Grant – Howard High School

U Park Em U Sell Em Special Teams Player of the Year
Blaine Halvorson – Westside High School

Marvin Davis Coach of the Year
Justin Rogers – Jones County High School

State Coach of the Year
Kevin Kinsler – Northside (W.R.) High School

Super Seven
Adonis Thomas – Central Gwinnett High School (Alabama)
Roquan Smith – Macon County High School (Georgia)
Austin Bryant – Thomas County Central High School (Clemson)
A.J. Gray – Washington County High School (Georgia Tech)
Jordan Colbert – Griffin High School (Auburn)
Keyston Fuller – Griffin High School (Duke)

Elmo A. Richardson Player of the Year
Trenton Thompson – Westover High School (Georgia)

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Mark your Calendar !
The Macon Touchdown Club will hold it’s 2014 Football Season Jamboree on Monday evening March 23rd. This is our biggest event of the year as we honor the 2014 Football Season. Our program begins at 6:00pm at the Methodist Children’s Home on Pierce Avenue. Cost to attend is $30.00 for non-club members and includes the dinner and the Ceremony. The event will feature the State of Georgia “Super 7” recruits , as well as our Keynote Speaker. This year’s speaker will be none other than legendary player and coach Bill Curry. Bill played under Bobby Dodd at Ga. Tech, and then continued his playing days for the Green Bay Packers under NFL great Vince Lombardi. Bill is the former head Coach at Georgia Tech, Alabama, Kentucky, and Georgia State University. In addition , we will honor the following Players and Coaches with these award. Congratulations to the recipients and please come join us for one more night of great Football Fellowship and Fun. If you have any questions, or would like to attend, please call Russell Deese at 478-550-0524 or King Kemp at 478-957-1920 . This year’s award winners :
U Park Em U Sell Em Special Teams Player of the Year: Blaine Halvorson, Westside H.S.
Ortho Georgia Back of the Year: Tekorian Denson, Northeast H.S.
Ortho Georgia/Bill Turner Lineman of the Year: Abel Grant, Howard H.S.
Marvin Davis Coach of the Year: Justin Rogers, Jones County H.S.
Bobby Gene Sanders Scholarship Award winners:
1. Dallas Francis, Mt De Sales Academy
2. Brice Fincher, Howard High School
3. Sean Grossnickle, Stratford Academy
4. Jonathan Raines, First Presbyterian Day School

Macon Touchdown Club
As always, we will meet at The Methodist Home For Children, in The Rumford Center. The address is 304 Pierce Avenue, and the meeting begins at 6:00 pm.

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On Monday night, November 24th, the Macon Touchdown Club will welcome Coach Jeff Monken of Army as our feature speaker.

As always, we will meet at The Methodist Home For Children, in The Rumford Center. The address is 304 Pierce Avenue, and the meeting begins at 6:30 pm.

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On Monday night, November 17th, the Macon Touchdown Club will welcome Coach Willie Fritz of Georgia Southern as our feature speaker.

As always, we will meet at The Methodist Home For Children, in The Rumford Center. The address is 304 Pierce Avenue, and the meeting begins at 6:30 pm.

http://www.gseagles.com/index.aspx?path=football

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On Monday night, November 10th, the Macon Touchdown Club will welcome Coach Bill Clark from the University of Alabama Birmingham as our feature speaker.

As always, we will meet at The Methodist Home For Children, in The Rumford Center. The address is 304 Pierce Avenue, and the meeting begins at 6:30 pm.

http://www.uabsports.com/sports/m-footbl/albr-m-footbl-body.html

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On Monday night, November 3rd, the Macon Touchdown Club will welcome Mark Schlabach of ESPN as our feature speaker.

As always, we will meet at The Methodist Home For Children, in The Rumford Center. The address is 304 Pierce Avenue, and the meeting begins at 6:30 pm.

http://espnmediazone.com/us/mark-schlabach/

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On Monday night, October 27th, the Macon Touchdown Club will welcome Jim Donnan as our feature speaker. Coach Donnan has been the head coach at Marshall University and the University of Georgia. His 1992 Marshall team won the NCAA Division 1-AA National Title. Coach Donnan was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2009.

As always, we will meet at The Methodist Home For Children, in The Rumford Center. The address is 304 Pierce Avenue, and the meeting begins at 6:30 pm.

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The Macon Touchdown Club is having our 4th Annual Boston Butt Sale. The price of the tickets are $35.00. The Boston Butts will be fully cooked and available for pick-up on Sunday, November 16th between 2:00 and 5:00pm at U Park EM U SELL EM, located at 3306 Vineville Avenue.

The proceeds benefit the Bobby Sanders Memorial Scholarship awarded by the Macon Touchdown Club. Each year the Macon Touchdown Club awards 4 scholarships to high school seniors.

Tickets are available through any of the Macon Touchdown Club members.

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