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https://columbiahighh2003.wixsite.com/tigersportsnetwork/columbia-football-all-time-team Definitely check it out, also got a lot of good stuff on the website in general

I took this shot at that game.

1940 was the earliest nomination we received when doing the list, unfortunately nominations were needed because information on the older teams were nearly impossible to come by

So, I assume these players were all-time best at Columbia. But I noticed that no one was listed before the 1940s. And, I believe Columbia has been around before 1940 and probably played football before then. Is there any reason no "golden age" old timers were not on your list? Lack of information, etc.?

I'm not going to answer but he was a heck of a softball player back in his prime. Won a national title with my dad. I was the bat boy lol

No hs football coach in FL history has won as many games without a state title as Sam Budnyk. He spent over 40 years at Cardinal Newman and led them to 275+ football wins. During that time, his teams only made it past the second round once. Just shows that success is not always measured in titles....and that if this private school recruited, they did a really lousy job. As a coach, he also led his school to several state softball titles. He was a pioneer of minority and women's rights. He was the first private school coach/AD to: hire an African-American assistant coach in Florida play an All-Black school in his county allow a girl to run track in his county