Homer Dedeaux
Tulane Football History 1947-1950
Table of Contents
• 1947 Team Roster.........................................1-2 • 1947 Statistics...............................................3 • 1947 Newspaper Archives............................4-11 • 1948 Team Roster.........................................12-13 • 1948 Statistics...............................................14 • 1948 Newspaper Archives............................15-27 • 1948 Game Photos........................................28-30 • 1949 Team Roster.........................................31-32 • 1949 Statistics...............................................33 • 1949 Team Photo..........................................34 • 1949 Newspaper Archives............................35-40 • 1950 Team Roster.........................................41-42 • 1950 Statistics...............................................43 • 1950 Team Photo..........................................44 • 1950 Newspaper Archives............................45-54 • Tulane Record Holdings..............................55 • Tulane Coaching Career...............................56-60 • Tulane Alumni Refrences.............................61-64 • Tulane/Football Awards..............................65-70
Resources: Tulane University Athletic Department, Tulane Digital Library, Tulane Photo Service Department ( Newcomb School Of Art) , The Genealogy Bank, and The Dedeaux Family Archives. Research, Data Collection, and Design by Mozart Mark Dedeaux. 2014 © 2014
1947
Team Roster
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1947
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Team Roster
Statistics
Freshman Year Photo with Ronald Chernick, Quarterback
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1947
“Lowdown on Tulane Grid Squad” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, Sunday, September 14, 1947
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“Wave to Be Minus Villars” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, Sunday, November 12, 1947
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1947
“SEC Honors Go to Drew And Gilmer” The State-Times, Baton Rouge Tuesday, November 18, 1947
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“Homer Dedeaux picked as Starting Center” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, Sunday, December 5, 1947
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1947
“Tulanians Face Heaviest Forward Wall of Season” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, Sunday, December 5, 1947
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“Tulane-LSU Battle Ends In 6-To-6 Deadlock” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, Sunday, December 7, 1947
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1947
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“Sixty Minute Homer” The State-Times, Baton Rouge Tuesday, December 7, 1947
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1948
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Team Roster
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1948
1948 Individual Team Photo
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Statistics
“23 Lettermen on Big Squad” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 1, 1948
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1948
“Starting Wave Eleven Still Big Question” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, Date Unknown
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“Greenies Lose Little Time” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 28, 1948
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1948
“Balance Shown by Wave Elicits Praise from Frnka” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, Novermber 16, 1948
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“Greenie Trio Proved Plenty Help to Price” The Times-Picayune New Orleans Sunday, November 26, 1948
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1948
“Punting Only Greenie Edge” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, October 1, 1948
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“Tidesman Will Be Protecting 45 Year-Old Mark” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 24,
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1948
“Dedeaux 1st 60- Minute Minute Man” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, Date Unknown
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“Tulane Ready to Give Bama Another Close Game” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 19 1948
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1948
“Tigers Work Up Appetites for Turkey and Greenies” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, November 26 1948
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“Tulane Ready to Give Bama Another Close Game” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 30 1948
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1948
“Wave Squad in Good Shape” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, October 11, 1948
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“Wave Outclasses Tigers” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, November 26 1948
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1948
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“Tulane 46-LSU 0”
1948 Game Photos
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1948
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1948 Game Photos
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1949
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Team Roster
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1949
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Statistics
1949 SEC Champions
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1949
“Greenies Are Heavy Squad” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 28, 1949
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“Ed Price Registers Three Touchdowns” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, November 6, 1949
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1949
“Map Strategy Against Bama” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 8. 1949
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“Mississippian Intercepts Maroon Aerial” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, October 30, 1949
Mississippian Intercepts Maroon Aerial- Tulane defensive center Homer Dedeaux of Gulfport, Ms, intercepts a pass thrown by Don Robinson, Mississippi State quarterback, intended for left halfback Ken Davis in the secound quarter of the Green Wave Maroon contest Saturday afternoon at Tulane Stadium. Dedeaux snared the oval on the Greenie’s 22 yard line and brought it back 10 yards. The Greenies walked over the Staters for thier fourth Southeastern Conference victory of the season, 34 to 6.
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1949
“Intrasquad Game” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, March 19, 1949
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“Rains Hamper Greenie Sessions” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 6 1949
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1950
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Team Roster
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1950
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Statistics
1950 Team Photo
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1950
“Tulane Has Potential Strength for Good Team” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 24, 1950
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“Tulane Lacking In Ends, Guards” Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge August 27, 1950
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1950
“Finest Tulane Spirit” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, December 12, 1950
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“Greenies Run Roughshod Over Cats, 64-0” Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge October 8, 1950
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1950
“Louisiana College Game” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, October 8 1950
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“Wave Strong Down The Middle” Unkown Source 1950
WAVE STRONG DOWN THE MIDDLE- A pair of potent pivotmen on the Tulane grid squad are George Maddow (left) and Homer Dedeaux. Maddox is expected to gain a status of starting center on the offesive team while the hefty Dedeaux from Gulfport, Miss, will play offense and start on the defense as well.
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1950
“Notre Dame Downs Tulane in Thriller, 13 to 9” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, October 15, 1950
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“Dedeaux Out Hurts Greens” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, October 21, 1950
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1950
“Treasured Pigskin” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, October 23, 1950
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“Helluin, Fugler Nurse Serious Leg Injuries” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, November 27, 1950
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Tulane Record Holdings
• 7th Place Career Record Holder for Most Interceptions
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• Defensive Leader for Interceptions- 1947
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“Dedeaux Named Assitant Freshman Coasch At Tulane” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, September 25, 1952
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“Dedeaux Named as AD Assistant” The Times-Picayune, Sun Herald & Morning Advocate, June 7 & 8 1956
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“Wave Coaches Raising Future Greats” The Times-Picayune New Orleans States, April 28, 1957
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“College Coaches Lost More Sleep” The Times-Picayune, December 9 1958
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“Fours Jays in Fold” The Times-Picayune, December 12, 1958
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Tulane Alumni
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“Dedeaux Host Radio Show” Let’s Know The Greenies- WWEZ
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“Group Seeks Change At TU” The Times-Picayune, November 10, 1961
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““T” Club’s New Staff” The Times-Picayune, January 10, 1959
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Awards & Recognitions Induction Into the All-Time Tulane Team
*Nominated as Southeastern Conference Player of the Week on two occassions Tulane vs. LSU 1947 & Tulane vs. Notre Dame 1950
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Induction Into the All-Time Tulane
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All-American Football Foundation-Unsung Hero Award
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National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Distinguished American Award
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National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame
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Mississippi Football Hall of Fame
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Homer Dedeaux
Tulane Football 1947-1950 Homer Dedeaux attended Gulfport High School from 1940-43 where he made All-State and All-Southern in football and All-State in basketball. He then served four years in the U.S. Navy, with stops in Guam, Sipan, the South Pacific and Japan. Upon his return, he attended Tulane University from 1947-51 and is still a member of Tulane’s All-Time football team as a center. While at Tulane he was nominated as Southeastern Conference Player of the Week on two occasions (LSU in 1947 and Notre Dame in 1950). Homer is also ranked 7th for interceptions in the Tulane record books. After his graduation from Tulane, he took his first coaching job at Perkinston Junior College (now Gulf Coast) as a line coach in football and later as a head basketball coach. In 1953, he returned to Tulane as freshmen football coach. In 1954, he became sales manager for radio station WVMI in Gulfport. During the period 1955-59, he returned to serve Tulane in a recruiting capacity as an assistant to the athletic director.
2012-Homer Dedeaux at Home holding the “Treasured Pigskin” from 1947 Tulane vs. Ole Miss game.
He returned to Gulfport in 1964, and worked as a manager at the Bubba Oustalet Lincoln-Mercury automobile dealership. He has served as president of the West Harrison County Cancer Society and the Gulf Coast March of Dimes. He also is a past president of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the NFFHF as well as a past president of the Perkinston Junior College Alumni Association. Dedeaux’s past or current memberships include the American Legion Joe Graham Post 119, the Gulfport Rotary Club, the Elks Club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Gulfport Gridiron Club and has been active in the Gulfport peewee football program. He and his wife Shirley are members of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Gulfport. They have five children. © 2014