Title	1969: Members of last Drake High School football team
Description	This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 3rd edition, 2013, depicting the history of the city and the university. From page 248: Three members of Drake High School's last football team receive instructions from coach Frank Tolbert in 1969. The next year black and white players all played for Auburn High School... [Tolbert's] Auburn High basketball teams have reached the state Final Four seven times, have twice finished second in the state tournament, and won it all in 2005 over a previously unbeaten Leflore team ranked second nationally by USA Today. Shown assisting Tolbert at Drake was John Dunn, an Auburn police officer for about twenty-five years.... The players are Chris Neloms (21), Joe Devance (34), and Cody Blackmon (43). Photo source: Auburn University Archives.
Date	1969
Place	Auburn – Lee County – Alabama
LC Subject Headings	Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University African Americans -- Alabama African Americans -- Education -- Alabama African Americans -- Segregation -- Alabama African Americans -- Civil rights -- Alabama Alabama -- Race relations Football -- Alabama Football players -- Alabama Football coaches -- Alabama
EOA Categories	Education -- Higher Education History -- 1946-1987: Post-World War II and the Era of Civil Rights Sports & Recreation -- Football
Original Medium	black and white photograph, 1853 x 1674 pixels
Type	Image
Format	JPEG
File Name	224.tif
Citation	Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 3rd edition. 2013.
Repository	Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Digital Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Language	eng
Rights	This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by	Coates, Midge