High School Career
Clarksdale High, Clarksdale, MS (1941-1942)
• Led Big Eight in scoring
Military Service (1943-1945)
• St. Mary’s, CA Pre-Flight (1944)
• All Pacific Coast Corpus Christi, TX Naval Air Station (1945)
• Coached by Johnny Vaught (1945)
College Career
Mississippi State (1945-1948)
• Top scorer (’45, ‘47, ’48)
• AP All-SEC (’45)
• UPI All-South (’45)
• MSU Best Athlete (’46-’48)
• College All-Star Game (’49)
Pro Football Career
• Los Angeles Dons All-American Conference (1949-1950)
• Chicago Bears First Round Draft Pick; led team in Interceptions (1950)
• Green Bay Packers (’1951)
Coaching Career
• West Point High School (1953)
• Columbus Lee High School (1955)
• Mississippi State (1956-1963)
• Millsaps College (!964-1989)
• Madison-Ridgeland Academy (1990-2006)
Did You Know?
Harper Davis and his fellow Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame member Shorty McWilliams played together for the L.A. Dons in 1950.
