Abilene High School (Texas)

Athletics

Coached by P. E. Shotwell, for whom Shotwell Stadium is named, Abilene High won its first state championship in 1923. Coach Dewey Mayhew guided the Eagles to their second state title in 1928, and a third one in 1931. Under Chuck Moser, Abilene won three consecutive state titles (1954–56). In 2009, the Eagles had an undefeated season and won the Division II State Finals, giving the Abilene Eagles their seventh state championship and first in 53 years.

State titles

• Baseball –
  • 1956(All), 1957(4A)
• Football –
  • 1923(All), 1928(1A), 1931(1A), 1954(4A), 1955(4A), 1956(4A), 2009(5A/D2)
• Team Tennis –
  • 1991(5A), 1999(5A)
• Boys Track –
  • 1925(All) 1954(2A), 1959(4A), 1960(4A), 1961(4A), 1976(4A), 2001(5A)
• One Act Play –
  • 1930(All), 1943(All), 1946(All), 1949(2A), 1950(2A), 1964(4A), 1972(2A)

State finalists

• Baseball –
  • 1950(All), 1955(All)
• Boys Basketball -
  • 1938(All), 1941(All)
• Football –
  • 1922(All), 1927(1A)

Fine arts

Pure Gold

Pure Gold is a by audition only, select choir made up of mostly juniors and seniors (but occasionally some sophomores).

Notable people

• Maury Bray, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Randall "Tex" Cobb, actor
• Wayne Coffey, American football player
• Jack Favor (Class of 1929), rodeo star falsely imprisoned for two murders in Louisiana
• A. C. Greene, historian, author, and newspaperman, known as the Dean of Texas Writers. 1923–2002
• Glynn Gregory, football player
• Chuck Harrison, MLB first baseman from 1965 to 1971
• Chuck Hughes, NFL wide receiver
• Bernard Kamungo, soccer player
• John Lackey, retired MLB pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs; three-time World Series champion (2002, 2013 & 2016)
• Dave Parks, NFL wide receiver and end
• Solya, singer-songwriter
• Harold Stephens, football player
• Jim Welch, running back, Southern Methodist University at Dallas, Baltimore Colts, Detroit Lions

References

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