Texas 6-Man
Hall of Fame of Players

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Hall of Fame Inductees

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2004

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Player/Coach Trey Richy--Jayton Jaybirds
Record as player--28-0
1984 State Championship Team; 1985 State Championship Team; Defensive Coordinator of 1997 State Championship Football Team @ Borden County; Defensive Coordinator of 1998 State Runner-Up football Team @ Borden County; Two Year Team Record at Jayton 28 wins 0 losses; All-South Plains Player of the Year 1985; All State Safety 1984; All-State Running Back 1985; MVP of All-Star Game 1986; Career Six-Man Stats: 1984-15 interception in a Season, 6 interceptions in 1984 Semi-Final -vs- Marathon; State Game Record, 8 touchdowns, 461 yards rushing, in 64-14 victory -vs- Christoval; 1985 Averaged 16.2 yards per carry, 59 touchdowns during season; 1985 197 carries, 3,192 yards; Career 322 carries, 5, 120 yards, 101 touchdowns, 15.9 yards per carry, 25 interceptions.

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Player Dewayne Miles--Amherst Bulldogs
Coached by Jack Shely

Dewayne lead the Amherst Bulldogs to back to back state championships in 1994 & 1995.  High School Career: 7,530 yards; 145 touchdowns; 1994 1st Team All-State; 1995 1st Team All-State; Fox Sports Player of the Year; 3,545 Yards 89 touchdowns; 1995 State Championship Game-totaled 416 yards and 9 touchdowns; 1995 Six-Man All-South Plains Player of the Year, he also made the offensive team for the Six-Man All-Stars.

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Player Juan Manuel Beltran--Cherokee Indians
Coached by Roddy Maddux

Football:  All-District (4 years); All-West Texas (Jr. and Sr. years); All-State (Jr. and Sr. years); Played in Six-Man All-Star Game in 1976; Scored 164 touchdowns in all 4 years; Scored 40 touchdowns Sr. year; Helped lead Cherokee to 3 strait State Title games and 2 Championships.

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2005

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Player Monte Richburg--Highland Hornets
1980 Soph: State Runner-Up Team; All District; 2nd Team Offensive End; 1st Team Deffensive End;
                   All-Area Offensive End; All-State Offensive End
1981 JR: District Champs; All-District Running Back and Linebacker
1982 SR: State Champs; All-District Linebacker & Offensive End; All-Area Linebacker; All-State Middle
                Linebacker; All-Star Game; MVP Defense All-Star Game

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Player Jack Pardee--Christoval Cougars
Player Career:
49-52 Played 6-Man Football for the Christoval Cougars
1953-1957 Texas A&M-SWC-Team Tri-Captain as a Senior on the '57 SWC Championship team.
                 Survived Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's famed Juction Pre-Season camp in 1954.  Named
                 All-America, Academic All-America, and All-SWC.  Played in the Blue-Grey Classic, Senior
                 Bowl and the College All-Star Game.
1957-1964 & 1966-1970 Los Angeles Rams-NFL
1971-1973 Washington Redskins-NFL
Coaching Career Record 156-114-1
1973 Washington Redskins-NFL
1974 Florida Blazers-WFL
1975-1977 Chicago Bears-NFL
1978-1981 Washington Redskins-NFL
1981-1982 San Diego Chargers-NFL
1984-1985 Houston Gamblers-USFL
1987-1989 The University of Houston Cougars-NCAA Divison 1-A
1990-1994 Houston Oilers-NFL
1995 Birmingham Barracudas-CFL

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2006

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Player David Davis--Loop Longhorns
1st Team All District Defensive Lineman 1985-87
1st Team All District Kicker 1986-87
2nd Team All District Deep Back 1986
Honorable Mention All State Defensive Lineman 1986
1st Team All State Defensive Lineman 1987
All South Plains Defensive Lineman
1st Team All District Defensive Back 1987
1st Team All District Punter 1987
All South Plains Punter
Played in the 6-Man All Star Game and Kicked the winning PAT to help the West defeat the East 8-6
Punter at Texas A&M University 1989-1992
Starting Punter for the Aggies 1991
Career long punt  of 72 yards against Arkansas 1991
Career long punt of 75 yards against Tulsa 1992
Texas A&M went 12-0 in the regular season and finished the regular season ranked #4 in the country in 1992  before falling to Notre Dame in the (1993) Cotton Bowl 28 - 3. 
Finished the year of 1992 with a 43.8 average (#6 out of 104 Division I punters) breaking a 27 year old A&M record.
Consensus 1st Team all Southwest Conference, Exxon Mobile Super Team, 1st Team All American by Dallas Morning News.

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Player Knox Pittard--Mozelle Mustangs
1961-12-0 record and the Regional Championship
3,000 all-purpose yards in his Senior Season
Mustangs were District Champions all four years he was in high school, and he was named 1st Team All District three times.
Honorable Mention for the National High School All American Football Team
Knox had scholarship offers from Rice, TCU, and Baylor.  He chose the Baylor Bears because of their Baptist affiliation, and                 because he felt he would fit better into the pro passing offense the Bears ran.
Knox played both defensive back and wide receiver for the Baylor Bears and helped the bears to a 2nd place finish to the Texas Longhorns in 1963.  Knox  played briefly with the Baltimore Colts, a team that included Johnny Unitas and Raymond Berry.  Knox also Coached receivers at Missouri under Dan Devine.

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2007

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Player Stacy Mathis--Goree Wilcats & Roaring Springs Yellowjackets
Stacy Mathis played his freshman football at Roaring Springs and his junior and senior years at Goree, both were six-man football schools.  His father was a Baptist minister and moved his family from Roaring Springs, TX  to Goree, TX  after his freshman football season.  Due to the Interscholastic League's rules at the time, a student was not allowed to participate in any sport for one year after transferrring to another school.  Because of the rule, he had to miss his sophomore football season.  In his junior and senior years at Goree, he was the team's leading rusher and receiver.  In his senior year, he scored 240 of the team's 440 points and accounted for over 2,000 all-purpose yards.  He also led the team in tackles from his linebacker position.  Goree was second to Weinert in district for the two years. (Weinert won the Regional championship, which was the highest level that a Six-Man Team could achieveat the time.)  Goree lost close, competitive games to Weinert both his junior and senior years.  He was on the All District team both years.  As a freshman at Roaring Springs, he was a first team starter as a running back.  Following his senior season, he was offered and accepted a full athletic scholarship to Baylor University.  He was a starter for the 1963 Baylor team that lost only one Southwest Conference game to the University of Texas by a 7 to 0 score.  (Texas was the eventual National Champion that season)  After completing his college football career and graduating from Baylor, he signed a contract to play professional football with the Ottawa Roughriders of the Canadian Football League.  (He also had an offer to sign with the Houston Oilers as a free agent.)

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2008

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Player Damien Jackson--Trinidad Trojans
Coached by Kevin Ray

Damien played in 39 games in his 3 year career at Trinidad.  Trinidad's record was 33-6, culminating with a state championship in 1998.  27 of those games were ended by the 45 point rule, which prevented Damien from playing a 3rd and 4th Quarter.  Defensively, he had 210 career solos, 200 assists, 11 caused fumbles, 9 fumble recoveries, and 9 interceptions.  1998 was also the first year Fox Southwest recognized 6 man player of the year, Damien was chosen as the first recipient.  Damien was also a two time State Champion in th 400m Dash ('98-'99) and a State Champion in the 200m Dash. ('98)
    Year by Year:
          Sophomore - 2,048 yards
          Junior - 3,133 yards
          Senior - 3,132 yards
    Career Totals:
          510 Carries 8,313 yards
          16.3 yards/carry, 151 touchdowns
          996 points (offensive only- also had 18 defensive points)
          213 yards/game
          26 points/game
          almost 4 rushing touchdown's per game.

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2010

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Player Lyle Campbell--Gordon Longhorns
Coached by Nelson Campbell

While playing high school football at Gordon, Campbell helped his team to two state championships, while racking up over 5,000 passing yards, over 2,000 rushing yards, and 132 touchdowns in his high school career.  He was named Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine Player of the Year in 1999.  He was coached by his father, 2006 Six-Man Football Hall of Fame inductee Nelson Campbell.  After high school, he continued playing football for Division I--AA Dartmouth College (2000-2003).  He was a three year starter at linebacker (2001-2003) and second leading tackler in the Ivy League in 2002.

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Player Brandon Hoskins--Whitharral Panthers
Coached by Ken Hoskins

As son of legendary coach Ken Hoskins, Brandon was no stranger to Six-Man football success.  While playing at Whitharral for his father, Brandon recevied numerous all-district, all-region and all-state honors, including being named Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine's Player of the Year his senior year.  In 2001, he was a member of the state championship team and finished his high school career with an impressive district record of 20-0 and many playoff wins.  Brandon Continued his athletic success at Liberty University where he was a two-time IC4A Decathlon Champion, and two-time NCAA All American.

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2013

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Player Duane Hyde--Highland Hornets
Duane Hyde was a member of the Fighting Highland Hornet football team from 1981-1984.  During his four years as a starter for the Hornets, he racked up many honors as a team player.  He ended his high school football career with a 48-2 record, a respect for hard work, sweat, a sense of responsibility and two state championships under his belt.  Duane took his love of football to a new level as he pursued his education degree at Angelo State University.  From 1990-2004 he inspired and encouraged players at Blackwell CISD as their head football coach, instilling in them the same work ethic he learned from his high school coaches.  Many of these former students are men still active in the six-man society today.  He now serves as superintendent of Highland ISD. 
All-District Second Team Offensive End-1981
All-District First Team Running Back-1982, 1983
All-State First Team Running Back-1982
All-District First Team Linebacker-1982, 1983, 1984
All State First Team Linebacker-1983
All Academic Team-1983
UIL All-Century Six-Man Football Team-2nd Team Linebacker
Six-Man Coaches Association All-Star Game 1985 (Had 92 yards rushing, three touchdowns, and threw for another touchdown)

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Player Jim Kostiha--Gordon Longhorns
Coached by Nelson Campbell

Jim Kostiha was a four year starter for Gordon High School, where he was coached by Nelson Campbell.  His career record as a starter was 47-3-1, including winning a state championship in 1996.  Jim was a three time All-Big Country Player, two time All-State recipient as linebacker and quarterback, and the 1996 Texas State Defensive MVP, in 2000.  Jim was chosen as the Top Defensive Player on Bill Hart's All-Millennium Team.  In 2010, he was named 1st Team Defense on the UIL Centennial Celebration's All-Century Team.  After high school, Jim was a two year starter for the Beloit College Buccaneers in Beloit, Wisconsin.  He was an All-Conference defensive back and team captain during his senior year.

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  2014

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Player Sid Bonner--Nueces Canyon
From 1956 to 1960 the Panthers of Nueces Canyon won 50 consecutive football games and were crowned the mythical National Champion in 1957 by sixman football magazine.  Sid Bonner was the offensive end and K.K. Bonner was the quarterback.  The tandem helped the team score 2134 points over a four year stretch.  During Sid's senior season he caught 81 passes for 1,693 yards and 26 touchdowns.  He also rushed for 937 yards.  It is estimated that Sid caught 258 passes for 5,000 yards and scored over 500 points.  Sid was a complete football player, playing both offensive and defensive end, he was also the kicker and occasional kick returner.  Four times he was selected to the All District Team.  He was also selected to the All Region Team and Selected to play in the TSMCA All Star Basketball game.  Sid now resides in Mertzon Texas.

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Player K.K. Bonner--Nueces Canyon
From 1956 to 1960 the Panthers of Nueces Canyon won 50 consecutive football games and were crowned the mythical National Champion in 1957 by sixman football magazine.  K.K. Bonner lead the Panthers to four consecutive undefeated seasons from 1957 to 1960, winning four straight Regional Championships when that was as far as you could go at the time.  In 1959 K.K. passed for 2,993 yards in 11 games.  It is estimated that K.K. passed for over 9,000 yards completing 550 passes.  K.K. was named to the All District team all four years in high school and was selected to play in the TSMCA all star football game.  K.K. joined the Air Force after graduation. K.K. passed away in 1980 at the age of 37.

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Player Josh Thweatt --Panther Creek

Coached by Mitch Lee

Josh lead the Panthers to a State Championship in 2000.  He passed for 4,600 yards and 103 touchdowns.  He was selected to the All District, All Region, and All State Teams in 1999 and 2000.   He was the Offensive MVP of the All State Team in 2000.  Josh earned All Big Country honors in 1999 and Big Country Player of the Year in 2000.  The San Angelo Standard Times named Thweatt All West Texas MVP in 2000.  Josh participated in the TSMCA All Star game following his 2000 season.  He was coached by Mitch Lee.

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2015

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Player John Reeves--Mullin
John was a standout football player for Mullin in the early 1960's.  He averaged over 200 points and over 2,000 yards rushing his last three years in High School.  His final High School Stats eclipsed over 1,000 points and over 6, 000 rushing yards.   While he was in school Mullin witnessed some great football years with Reeves.  The Mulling Bulldogs lost only 2 district games when Reeves was in high school.  Reeves was regarded as the fastest man in Mills County while in high school.  He was clocked at a 9.8 in the 100 yard dash.  After graduation Reeves received a 4 year football scholarship to Texas Tech University.  John Reeves passed away in 1995 at the young age of 49 after a bout of cancer.

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Player Chad Humphries--Panther Creek

Coached by Alan Luker & Mitch Lee
Chad lead the Panthers to back to back State Championships in 1992 and 1993.  In the 1992 State Championship Game against Fort Hancock, Humphries completed 17 of 27 pass for 243 yards, 5 touchdowns, and rushed 25 times for 226 yards and 2 touchdowns.  This win ended the Historic undefeated four year and four state championship run of "The Fort" with a 54 to 26 victory.  He ended his High School Career completing 309 of 549 passes for 5,549 yards and 103 touchdowns with only 15 interceptions, while rushing 224 times for 2,028 yards and 17 touchdowns.  Humphries was selected to All District, All Region, and All State Teams in 92 and 93.  Chad earned All Big Country Player of the Year honors in 1992 and 1993.  The San Angelo Standard Times named Humphries All West Texas MVP in 1992 and 1993 as well as All West Texas Super Team in 92. He was coached by Alan Luker.

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2017

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Player Charley Robinson--La Pryor 

La Pryor Bulldogs 1952-55

Coached by David Easterling

Charley played quarterback, safety, and kicker, and lead the Bulldogs to district championships all four years he was in High school. Back in the day Regional was as far as a class B school could go, and twice the Bulldogs were undefeated Regional Champions, with a 26 game winning streak while he was there.  In 1954 & 55 Robinson dawned the cover of the National Six-Man Football Magazine by C.J. O’Conner of Baltimore, and lead the nation in PAT kicks with 50 and tied for the most TD passes in a game with 6.  Robinson lead the nation in five categories in 1955, setting season records in Most passes attempted, Highest Percentage of passes completed, longest field goal of 43 yards, Highest percentage of PAT kicks made, Most touchbacks and tied for most passes completed.  Charley was also a baseball star in H.S. leading the bulldogs to consecutive regional championships and would go on to sign a professional baseball contract with the Baltimore Orioles.  He had a long career in education, as a teacher, coach, principal, and administrator, retiring from Uvalde CISD in 2014.  Mr. Robinson is a proud alum of Texas Tech.