No. 50: Tank Lawrence, Lanier, football/basketball
Lawrence had a stellar prep career, making all-state and All-Southern teams. He started on Lanier’s 1948 state championship team, the last state football title for a Bibb County school until Central won its title in 1975. Lawrence played college football at Duke, earning three letters. He was named to the All-Southern Conference team in 1951. He played in the Senior Bowl and the North-South Game before being drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1953. He was inducted into the Macon Sports Hall of Fame in 2007. TELEGRAPH ARCHIVES