Sports – Polk County Historical Society

Escue & Alice Rodgers

February 3, 2022

Content provided by Alice W. Rodgers, The Heritage of Polk County Georgia, 2000 Escue Rodgers, born in Piedmont, Alabama, came to Cedartown in 1945 to teach math and to coach football and basketball. He was athletic director at Cedar Hill High School from 1945 through 1969. During his 24-year tenure at that school, Coach Rodgers […]

Whitlow Wyatt

February 5, 2019

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Whitlow was born in Kensington, Georgia in 1907. His father was a railroad engineer with the Central of GA Railway. His family moved to Cedartown during his sophomore year of high school where he played football and baseball for Cedartown High. During his senior year a scout from the Detroit Tigers came to scout Frank […]