Born: December 11, 1925
Hometown: Clarksdale, MS
Year Induction: 1980
Deceased : December 26, 2020
Clarksdale High, Clarksdale, MS (1941-1942)
St. Mary’s, CA Pre-Flight (1944)
All Pacific Coast Corpus Christi, TX Naval Air Station (1945)
Coached by Johnny Vaught (1945)
Mississippi State (1945-1948)
Los Angeles Dons All-American Conference (1949-1950)
Chicago Bears First Round Draft Pick; led team in Interceptions (1950)
Green Bay Packers (’1951)
West Point High School (1953)
Columbus Lee High School (1955)
Mississippi State (1956-1963)
Millsaps College (!964-1989)
Madison-Ridgeland Academy (1990-2006)
Harper Davis and his fellow Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame member Shorty McWilliams played together for the L.A. Dons in 1950.
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