Edgar "Barney" Tucker (1949-50, 1954-55)

Inducted 1995

EXCELLED IN FOOTBALL FOR THE RAMS DURING THE 1949 AND 1950 SEASONS, AND AGAIN IN 1954 AND 1955.

SET A THEN SCHOOL-RECORD FOR RUSHING YARDS IN 1949 WITH 539 AND GAINED OVER 1,000 YARDS IN HIS FIRST TWO YEARS, BEFORE SERVING IN KOREA FROM 1951-53, WHERE HE EARNED A DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.

WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1955 WVIAC CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, THE FIRST TEAM IN SCHOOL HISTORY TO WIN THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE '55 SQUAD ALSO POSTED A RECORD OF 8-0 TO BECOME THE FIRST TEAM TO POST AN UNDEFEATED RECORD.

BARNEY PLAYED ON FOUR TEAMS WHICH POSTED A COMBINED RECORD OF 23-8-2 (.727).


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