RICHMOND, Va. — The NFL honored the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School in Richmond with a Golden Football. The football symbolizes Maggie Walker’s inclusion in the Super Bowl High School Honor Roll as a school that has contributed to Super Bowl history.
Maggie Walker’s Golden Football is in honor of Willie Lanier, a member of the Class of 1963 from Maggie Walker High School.
“As we mark our 50th Super Bowl this season, we are celebrating the players and coaches of the past 49 Super Bowls and their high schools and communities that have positively impacted our great game. Nearly 3,000 players and head coaches, and more than 2,000 high schools will be recognized this season,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said.
Golden Footballs were sent to the high school of every player or head coach who was on an active roster in a Super Bowl. Other Central Virginia high schools that had Super Bowl participants include:
Benedictine High School
Bobby Ross — Super Bowl XXIX
Booker T. Washington High School
Bruce Smith — Super Bowl XXV, Super Bowl XXVI, Super Bowl XXVII, Super Bowl XXVIII
Cave Spring High School
Ronde Barber — Super Bowl Champion XXXVII
Tiki Barber — Super Bowl XXXV
Collegiate School
Russell Wilson — Super Bowl Champion XLVIII
Denbigh High School
Antoine Bethea — Super Bowl Champion XLI
Mike Tomlin — Super Bowl Champion XXXVII, Super Bowl Champion XLIII
Fork Union Military Academy
Eddie George — Super Bowl XXXIV
Franklin County High School
Dwaine Board — Super Bowl Champion XVI, Super Bowl Champion XIX, Super Bowl Champion XXIII and Super Bowl Champion XXIX
Graham High School
Ahmad Bradshaw — Super Bowl Champion XLII, Super Bowl Champion XLVI
Green Run High School
Plaxico Burress — Super Bowl Champion XLII
Heritage High School
Keith Hamilton — Super Bowl XXXV
Hermitage High School
Jamie Sharper — Super Bowl Champion XXXV
Darren Sharper — Super Bowl Champion XLIV
Honaker High School
Heath Miller — Super Bowl Champion XL, Super Bowl Champion XLIII
James Monroe High School
George Coghill — Super Bowl Champion XXXII, Super Bowl Champion XXXIII
Kecoughtan High School
Jerod Mayo — Super Bowl Champion XLIX
King George High School
Jermon Bushrod — Super Bowl Champion XLIV
Lafayette High School
Lawrence Taylor — Super Bowl Champion XXI, Super Bowl Champion XXV
Landstown High School
Percy Harvin — Super Bowl Champion XLVIII
Matoaca High School
James Farrior — Super Bowl Champion XL, Super Bowl Champion XLIII
Mathews High School
Stuart Anderson — Super Bowl Champion XVII
Matthew Fontaine Maury High School
Kam Chancellor — Super Bowl Champion XLVIII
Vinston Painter — Super Bowl XLVIII
Northumberland High School
John Jett — Super Bowl Champion XXVIII, Super Bowl Champion XXX
Nottoway County High School
Robert Jones — Super Bowl Champion XXVII, Super Bowl Champion XXVIII, Super Bowl Champion XXX
Patrick Henry High School
Damien Woody — Super Bowl Champion XXXVI, Super Bowl Champion XXXVIII
Petersburg High School
Ricky Hunley — Super Bowl XXII
Powell Valley High School
Thomas Jones — Super Bowl XLI
Prince George High School
Larry Brooks — Super Bowl XIV
Pulaski County High School
Gary Clark — Super Bowl Champion XXII, Super Bowl Champion XXVI
Richlands High School
Mike Compton — Super Bowl Champion XXXVI, Super Bowl Champion XXXVIII
Southampton High School
Riddick Parker — Super Bowl XXXVI
Stafford High School
Torrey Smith — Super Bowl Champion XLVII
Thomas Dale High School
William Henderson — Super Bowl Champion XXXI
Ken Oxendine — Super Bowl XXXIII
Varina High School
Michael Robinson — Super Bowl Champion XLVIII
Virginia Randolph Community High School
Cornelius Johnson — Super Bowl Champion V
Western Branch High School
Dré Bly — Super Bowl Champion XXXIV
William Campbell High School
Charles Haley — Super Bowl Champion XXIII, Super Bowl Champion XXIV, Super Bowl Champion XXVII, Super Bowl Champion XXVIII, Super Bowl Champion XXX)
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