Hawks celebrate a golden football anniversary

Hampton honors state champion 1973 team, coaches

Members of the 1973 state champion Hampton Hawks football team and two of their coaches were honored at halftime of the second home game of the 2023 season for the 50th anniversary of their historic season.
Members of the 1973 state champion Hampton Hawks football team and two of their coaches were honored at halftime of the second home game of the 2023 season for the 50th anniversary of their historic season.

Eighteen members of the 1973 Hampton High School football team took to the field once more Friday night along with their head coach and an assistant. However, they weren’t there to move the pigskin down the field, but rather to be honored by the crowd at Hampton’s second home game of the season on the 50th anniversary of a spectacular accomplishment.  In 1973 the Hampton Hawks went undefeated…