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Aug 11, 2015 · Anthony Flanagan, an All-American quarterback at Southwest High School in Atlanta, was the first African-American quarterback at the University of Georgia. August 11, 2015 at 11:21 am EDT
Aug 12, 2015 · Between leading Southwest (Atlanta) High School (now known as Mays High) to state basketball championships as a junior and senior, Flanagan guided the Wolves to a state football title in 1973. The lanky, 6-foot-3 and roughly 200-pound quarterback could run like the wind, and had a rifle for an arm — make that, arms .
Jun 3, 2015 · The 1973 "Wolves" of Southwest Atlanta High School have been awarded Atlanta Public Schools' first Throwback Award. ... The team’s All-American quarterback, Anthony Flanagan, became the first ...
Feb 24, 2021 · Between leading Southwest (Atlanta) High School to state basketball championships as a junior and senior, Flanagan guided the Wolves to a state football title in 1973. The lanky, 6-foot-3 and roughly 200-pound quarterback could run like the wind, and had a rifle for an arm—make that arms. Flanagan was ambidextrous, able to throw a football 70 ...
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Dec 11, 2023 · On Wednesday, Score Atlanta and the GHSA will recognize the 1973 state championship team at Mercedes-Benz Stadium after the Class 5A championship and before the Class 7A championship kicks off. “One of the big stories at our Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in October was the induction of Anthony Flanagan,” said ...
Aug 21, 2023 · Southwest Atlanta High School Graduate Anthony Flanagan, the first African American quarterback at the University of Georgia, was a historic multi-sport athlete at Atlanta’s Southwest High. He was named AJC Class 2A Back of the Year and a Parade All-American in 1973, when he led Southwest’s football team to the Class 2A championship.
Nov 29, 2023 · The Southwest team was led by quarterback Anthony Flanagan, who recently was inducted into the second class of the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame. Flanagan passed away in 2001, but many of his teammates will be at the ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 13, between the Class 5A and Class 7A championship games at ...
