The schedule for the 1932 Greenfield Football team was against teams of towns with much greater size in most instances.  Greenfield defeated Mayfield KY 38 to 0 in their 5th game of that year and the previous week Mayfield had defeated Paducah by more than 30 to 0.

In 1932, the first seven games they were not scored on and were only scored on 6 points each in the final 3 games.  The 1932 and 33 teams combined were only scored on in 5 games.

Mr. Ernest (Brother) Mullins was a member of the team.  He was granted a scholarship to UT Knoxville but says he got homesick and returned to West Tennessee and played 4 years for Union University on a scholarship.
 
 

GREENFIELD - This photograph from Earnest MULLINS is of the 1932 Greenfield team that won the West Tennessee Championship that year.  Mr. MULLINS, a member of the team, says that it was the toughest team Greenfield has ever ssen.  Bottom Row L to R: Willard HUGGINS, Roy PASCHAL, Horace HOLDER, Fate LETT, Harry MULLINS, Carey SWAIM, Harold COATS, and Edward CLYMER. 2nd Row: Nolan MITCHELL, Russell HILLIS, Earnest MULLINS, James GROOMS, Ray FULBRIGHT, Bill DOLAN, and Tasco SHARP. 3rd Row: Manager, Harold FOUST, Wilburn LANE, Harry WARD, James ROBINSON, Richard FERNSTORM, Hal McADAMS, Samuel BAKER, and coach Harvey BULLINGTON.

SUMMARY OF 1932 GREENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM
Claimants to the West Tennessee Championship

Greenfield        -      52 Troy 0
Greenfield 72    -      Selmer 0
GreenfIeld 39    -      Dresden 0
Greenfield 27    -      Martin 0
Greenfield 38     -     Mayfield KY 0
Greenfield 30     -     Trimble 0
Greenfield 21     -     Paris (Grove High) 8
Greenfield 13      -    Covington 6
Greenfield 0        -    Milan 6

The only loss that year was to Milan in the last game.  Mr. Earnest Mullins relates the following incidents in the final game of that year against Milan:

It was a miserable day with freezing rain.  The field had no sod and was a sea of slush.  Mr. Mullins played end and early in the game an end around play was called.  He states that he was wide open and there was no opposing player within several yards of him and it was a certain touchdown when his feet slipped out from under him and he fell.  He relates that if he had slowed down he could have walked across for a touchdown.

The only score of the game came on a blocked punt by Milan that went behind the gold line where Milan recovered for a touchdown.

The previous week Greenfield and Byers Hall of Covington were the only undefeated teams in West Tennessee.  Greenfield won that game by a score of 13 to 6, thereby claiming the championship for that year even with the loss to Milan.

The following account of the game from the Sept. 25, 1932 Greenfield Gazette:

Milan Wins Over Greenfield 6-0

The Greenfield High Yellowjackets were defeated by the Milan High Bull Dogs, last Friday afternoon, the game resulting in one of the biggest upsets in West Tennessee Prep football this season. It was a surprise victory even to the winners, as the Yellowjacket team had previously been generally conceded to be the best eleven in this district.

The game was played on the local field before a small crowd on account of the inclement weather. The teams met on a muddy field, the worst of the season, but staged a contest in spite of the mud, that was without doubt the classic in high school football and the. fans who braved the snow ,and rain were furnished plenty of thrills.

In the second period a Bull Dog guard blocked Capt. Lett's punt and and Milan's right half recovered behind the Yellowjacket goal for the only score of the game. Try for the extra point failed.

Continual fumbling of the Yellow jackets, due to the slick ball, paved the way for the Milan victory.
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10 members of this team were given college football scholarships 3 members were named on the All-West Tennessee First team.
2 members were named on the All-West Tennessee Third Team This team was only scored on in 3 games out of the 10 played.
Scoring a total of 292 points to 20
The 1932 and 1933 teams were only scored on in 5 games of 20 played Scoring a total of 420 points to 74
Football Scholarships were given to the following players of the 1932 G.H.S. team.

Fate Lett  - Union
Russell Hillis  - Southwestern
Ernest Mullins  - U.T. and Union
James Grooms  - Southwestern
James Robinson - Union
Richard Fernstrom - UTJC and Union
Hal McAdams  -UTJC and Union
Samuel Baker  - UTJC
Joe Baker  - Murray State
Willard Huggins - Union

At the time of this writing, April 2001, the following team members a still alive today.

Earnest Mullins
Tasso Sharp
Williard Huggins
Harry Ward
Edward Clymer

Submitted by Joe Stout