Legends of the Fall: the 1950's and 1960's

   I'm currently working on a publication which will highlight the 1950's and 1960's Lindsay Leopard football teams. Last year, we ran a column which detailed the 1970's Leopard Legends of the Fall because the Lindsay Leopard football teams had a higher percentage of "wins" than any class-2A team in the state of Oklahoma. One would tend to believe that several state titles must have been won by those Leopards, but it was not to be. Although in many fans' opinion - the '70 Leopards or the '73 Leopards were probably the best of the best - neither team won a title. The '70 Leopards came the closest, losing to the Nowata Ironmen (14-12) in a heart-breaker.
   Unlike their Leopard descendants, the Legends of the '50's and '60's won four state titles - 1955, 1958, 1962, and 1963, so could lay claim to the best decades of Lindsay High School football. In a couple months, we'll highlight the top players and coaches of the '50's and '60's Lindsay Leopard football teams, but we'll go a little farther. We will compare and contrast those Legends of the Fall with the '70's Legends, and provide a hypothetical check list (much like is done in newspapers nowadays comparing the strengths and weaknesses of two opposing teams to predict a winner). We will compare the relative strengths, position by position, of the best players from the '50's and '60's to the best players from the '70's, and place a check mark next to the position(s) which may have the advantage. The opinions of the fans who are familiar with all these players will be considered when giving the advantage to the earlier teams... or the later teams. We will be soliciting those opinions over the next several weeks, as to who belongs to the Legends of the '50's and '60's. After listing those players, we will solicit opinions as to which decades the advantage belongs... and play the hypothetical game.