BUDS DRAGONS found classes of 62,65,69,70

We now have a great list of all the players from 1959-1971 - this is the third blog and we have found the following years :
1962 - sid hall,bryn jones,mike lodge,dick meister,carsten evans,derryl coker,scott austin,dennis lynch,bob miller,dale pinkham , chuck schaming,russ smith,art vanwahlberg,dennis smith,keith smith

1965 - john chapman,mike ezell,bill mandeville,tony duva,george cheshier,greg fitzpatrick,david lagi,dick boy,tim mccartney, bob brenner, tom grim , mitch bennett,john seeley,cliff danley

1969 - don covan,mike strait,matt knight,bob landers,willie hutchinson,pete layman,h.l.coleman,chuck maynard,eddie ogorman,willie turner,don hackett,bill powell,ruben carter,ron francis,dan davis

1970- earl ferguson,mark trissel,willie turner,jim haddix,jimmie jones,chuck maynard,james vickers,don covan,h.l.coleman,glen worley,daniel davis,steve vrabel,willie hutchinson

NEWS ABOUT DATE OF REUNION- october appears to be a very busy month in daytona so we are not sure wether we will move the reunion to september or november or keep it in october but move to a nearby city- decision to be made later

I will begin a list of found players , cheerleaders , coaches and friends of Coach Marcum within the next week- i will list their city- you can reach me for phone # and or e-mail address-i have talked with about 40 former dragons within the last month - i will keep you posted- please get in touch with me , mike grizzle or bob jenkins if you know where any of these dragons are - ron thomas

2nd Bud Marcum Reunion - list of players

Below is the best list of players and years beginning in 1991 -If you know how to get in touch with any of these please contact either Ron thomas rtts830@aol.com , phone 706-474-8321 , 706-342-2730 or Mike Grizzle at mdgrizzle@bellsouth.net
1961
dave austin , roger stafford , dennis smith , larry norwood, mike mitchell , jerry beasley , tom mazzola , keith smith , ron schieves , larry kimmit
1962 - no list available
1963
ed virgin , art von waldberg , bob miller(found), sid hall , jeff phelan , john thompson , winfred deal , dean young , scott , fred svarney
1964
greg fitzpatrick(found) , bob brennan ,mitch bennet ,doug splane , terry thomas , billy mandeville
1965 - no list available
1966
mike ezell , george cheshire , tony duva , richard howard , mike trissel , mike meers , tim mccartney , ken mccarty , weldon beach , john seeley , cliff danley
1967
pete okane , dave ericks , jeff becker , terry nemesek , bob bobbings , leon harding , barry higdon , bill copeland , dave walschmitt
1968
mark wakefield , jim davis , gary childress , rick pierce , oakley farmer , tim mosser , brad becker , mark hall , freeman allen , abraham tisdahl , jimmy haddick
1969 - no list found
1970 - no list found
1971 - h.l. copeland, robert jenkins , john howard , chuck maynard , willie hutchison , willie turner , bill powell , don coven , robert landers , herbert williams , rodney grant , moses brown , billy ray jones , bobby dixon

others but i do not know years_
bob wells , pedro auffant , richard crowley , john renner , jim shumway , lynnwhite , john piatt , terry liston , craig evans , tom moore and gary morgan
missing from - 1959 -1960 - mike mclain , johnny berger ,nick mazzola , andy kronstad

I am sure we have missed some guys !!! not on purpose though - if anyone has a yearbook from the missing years please contact me or griz

2ndn BUD MARCUM REUNION

Initial plans are underway for the 2nd Bud Marcum Basketball Reunion. We need imput from you guys. Choice of city is Daytona Beach because coach lives there. Question Of The Day -do you want to meet again in the early summer of '07 or October '07 ? Let me know your thought. Perhaps oct. is better -it gives us more time.
The 1st Bud Marcum Basketball Reunion was held in lauderdale this past oct. and some of the players from '58-'61 were there. They were Jose Auffant , Gary Barber , Butch Clary , Ron Hawks , John Gettinger , Vernon Rogers , Tom Tedder , Mike Grizzle and Ron Thomas along with coach Marcum. We had dinner , drinks , shared lives , shared lies and had a Great Time . We were also in touch with Larry Millikan , John Hursey , George Moore , Dave Kelmanson and Roger Steimle but they were unable to attend .Afterwards we decided to meet again and to see how many ole dragon hoopsters , who played for Bud , we could find and invite . So here we go -------Coach Marcum sent me a list from his yearbooks 1960-1971 . However , we are missing the years of '62 , 65 ,69 ,and 70 . If you are in contact with any player or old coaching friends of Coach please contact either Mike Grizzle at mdgrizzle@bellsouth.net or Ron Thomas at rtts830@aol.com or my blog or 706-474-8321 cell or 706-342-2730 home.
Two other thoughts - lets name our group - ideas
a. Orange and Blue b. Bud's Dragons c. Hoop Dragons
As our group grows perhaps we can give back to Bud or Stranahan in some way - perhaps coaches favorite charity or to a present Stranahan player or some one in our own organization. Just an idea----
I will post as new info comes in . I have Buds list of 105 players and will list next blog. I also have e-mail & phone # of the '58-61 hoop dragons. Coach Marcums phone is 386-253-4345 - give him a call .
dragons forever - ron thomas