1945
Class B State Champions
South Georgia Football Association Conference Champions
Record: 9-1-1
Coach E. O. Garner
| Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Game # | Details | |
| Fri, Sep 28 | Sylvester | W | 40-7 | H | 1945-01 | ['more'] |
| Fri, Oct 5 | Cairo | T | 0-0 | A | 1945-02 | ['more'] |
| Fri, Oct 12 | Tifton | W | 26-6 | A | 1945-03 | ['more'] |
| Fri, Oct 19 | Bainbridge | W | 27-0 | H | 1945-04 | ['more'] |
| Fri, Oct 26 | Americus | L | 12-13 | H | 1945-05 | ['more'] |
| Fri, Nov 2 | Cairo | W | 6-0 | H | 1945-06 | ['more'] |
| Fri, Nov 9 | Valdosta | W | 13-0 | H | 1945-07 | ['more'] |
| Fri, Nov 16 | Moultrie | W | 32-7 | A | 1945-08 | ['more'] |
| Thu, Nov 22 | Albany | W | 20-7 | A | 1945-09 | ['more'] |
| Fri, Nov 30 | Cairo | W | 7-6 | N | 1945-10 | ['more'] |
| South Georgia Championship | ||||||
| Fri, Dec 7 | Cedartown | W | 22-7 | N | 1945-11 | ['more'] |
| State Championship | ||||||
In 11 games:
Winning Percentage: 86.364
Total scored: 205
Total allowed: 53
Average game: 18.64-4.82
Shutouts by Thomasville: 4
Shutouts by opponents: 1
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Bulldogs celebrate their win over Cedartown in the 1945 State Finals.
The man in the car was Thomasville's head coach, E.O. Garner and the man handing him the trophy was Cairo's head coach, A.L. Williams. Coach Garner was very ill and the doctor ordered him not to coach that game, so A.L. Williams coached the team to victory. Thomasville's winning QB, Buddy DeFreitas (#24) can be seen to the left of Coach Williams.
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Thomasville end Sam Mitchell, seen here in action in a 1944 game at the old Municipal Stadium on Fletcher Street, was a member of the 1945 State Championship team.
Source: John Huckeba
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1945 team photo
Source: Thomasville History Center
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1945 State Championship Game with Cedartown
1945 State Championship Game with Cedartown
| Jersey | Name | Position | Class | Weight |
| Jimmy Callahan | LT | |||
| James Capps | LG | |||
| Thomas Carter | ||||
| Tut Carter | ||||
| Hulman Cook | ||||
| Jack Coulter | ||||
| J. L. Dollar | ||||
| Carl Hutchinson | ||||
| Sheftall Lanter | ||||
| Donald Lewis | ||||
| Tommy McComb | ||||
| Bobby McCrory | ||||
| John Musselwhite | FB | |||
| Raymond Patterson | ||||
| Robbie Robinson | ||||
| Bobby Sanders | ||||
| Billy Thomas | ||||
| Carl Thomas | RT | |||
| Bobby Tillis | ||||
| John Upchurch | ||||
| Gus Watt | RE | |||
| Billy Williams | ||||
| 20 | Billy Carter | |||
| 21 | Sam Mitchell | LE | ||
| 24 | Buddy DeFreitas | QB | ||
| 26 | Ira Jenkins | |||
| 27 | Jimmy Mitchell | RH | ||
| 29 | Louis Jerger | |||
| 30 | Billy Woodward | LH | ||
| 31 | Henry Fielding | RG | ||
| 32 | Forbes Davis | |||
| 33 | Glenn Alred | |||
| 34 | Bobby Whiddon | |||
| 35 | Norman Chastain | C | ||
| 38 | Buddy Upchurch | |||
| 41 | Brown Cooper | |||
| 70 | Jimmy Thomas | |||
| 72 | Edward Shirley | |||
| 75 | Joe May | |||
| 76 | Cecil Redfern | |||
| 77 | Audrey Singletary | |||
| 79 | William Kindon | |||
| 81 | Reece Turrentine | |||
| 83 | Irwin Mitchell | |||
| 85 | Kenneth Fulford | |||
| 88 | David Dillinger | |||
| 89 | Herbert Lewitt | |||
| 90 | Ira Pogue | |||
| 91 | Jim Rackley |