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Article: Townson learned about football the hard way: ; CLASS AAA PLAYOFFS
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 25, 1999
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Senior Writer
Growing up in Dunbar, Gerald "Moe" Townson's early introduction
to the game of football wasn't always a pleasant experience.
"When I was in grade school, my brother Jack would play football
with me in the house," he said. "He would make me be Hoppy Shores.
He was seven years older than me and he would kill me."
Shores was a speedy all-state halfback for Stonewall Jackson in
the early 1950s who was difficult to bring down. But, then, he
wasn't competing against players seven years older.
"He made me be Hoppy Shores because Stonewall and Dunbar were big
rivals," Townson said with a smile while relaxing in his office
under the stands at Laidley Field.
Little did Townson know at ...