Bobby Connerly—1947-48 Wildcat Football

Bobby Connerly was born in 1929, attended PRC from 1947-49 and was a member of legendary head football coach T.D. "Dobie" Holden's first Wildcat team in 1948. 

Conerly was a right guard for the Wildcats. He was named to the All-State first team, leading the Wildcats to a 6-4 season, the first of 16 winning teams for Coach Holden.

Conerly said. "You know, back then we didn't have cars. Everybody knew everybody else. For entertainment, we walked down to the Methodist Church and back on Sundays, and then maybe we went down to the river to go swimming."

Conerly came from Tylertown High School. He met his late wife at PRC and had two brothers who followed him to the school. He played both offense and defense and missed only five plays during his sophomore season under Holden.

"Coach Holden was a lot stricter than Coach Wade," Conerly said. "But I enjoyed playing for both of them."