High School Career
Eupora High School, Eupora, MS (1947-1950)
• All Choctaw Conference football player in 1949 &1950
• Lettered in football, baseball, basketball, and track
College Career
Mississippi State (!951-1954)
• Selected 1st team All America by FWAA and Look magazine
• Named 1st team All SEC by AP, 2nd team UPI
• Selected 1st team GTE Academic All America team
• Selected to Academic All SEC team
• Co-captain of team
• Birmingham QB Club Most Valuable Lineman
• Played in two college All Star games: 1954 Blue-Gray game in Montgomery, AL, and 1955 Senior Bowl in Mobile, AL
• Selected in 12th round of 1954 NFL Draft by San Francisco 49ers
Professional Career
• Assistant football coach and head track coach at Lee High School, Columbus, MS under MSHOF member and MSU alum Harper Davis (1955-1956)
• Head football coach at Lee High School, Columbus, MS (1956-1960)
• Assistant football coach and head track coach at Gardiner High School, Laurel, MS (1960-1061)
• Assistant football coach and head track coach at R.H. Watkins High School, Laurel, MS (1961-1965)
• Assistant principal and Director of Guidance for Laurel City Schools at R.H. Watkins High School, Laurel, MS (1965-1974)
Did You Know?
Hal Easterwood is a charter member of the Mississippi State Athletic Hall of Fame.
