Somewhere in the early to mid 1980's, a tackle was made during a home game.
The public address announcer proclaimed loudly the name of two Mustang
players and finished it up with "Freight Train McAdoo". It seemed that
McAdoo for a number of years had at least one tackle each home game.
As his name was announced, fans in the crowd would check their program to
find out who he was and what grade he was in. He had to be a senior
because they have been announcing his name forever. "Freight Train
McAdoo" was a mythical Mustang Player created by then the Public Address
Voice of the Mustangs, Tommy Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff had a lot of fun
with McAdoo and announced the players name with great emotion. Such as Joshhhhhhh, CunningHAM. Woodruff had around 10 years association with the
team. When he was diagnosed with cancer, he finally stepped down.
"Freight Train McAdoo" however stayed with the program. He
occasionally made a tackle in middle school games. Tommy was confined
to his home but always listened to the Mustang games on the radio and
occasionally McAdoo would slip in and make a play. Mr. Woodruff passed
away late in the 2003 season. In tribute to Tommy and Freight Train, a
locker was fitted with the name of "McAdoo", pads and a old tattered
jersey and game pants.
We have been trying to find a picture or description of Freight Train but
unable to locate it as of yet. Coach Taylor indicated that his jersey
number was "00" but we know that couldn't be right, because Coach Mac would
not have ever allowed the number. We thought it would be like 66, 69,
77, or 79. If you have a description of Freight Train, please
share it with us on the message board. (UPDATE AS OF 9/14/04)
According to Ron Reasonover an alumni of the Football team, indicated that
he has an early program listing the number of "Freight Train McAdoo at #99. |
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