The Dirty Dozen (2026) - Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame

The Dirty Dozen

Induction:
2026

The Dirty Dozen organized as a group of 15 men in the early 1980s and were the leadership group that helped organize and establish Southern Boosters Inc. … The group is now known as the Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation … The group was instrumental in bringing football back to Georgia Southern, the building of Paulson Stadium and the bringing of Erk Russell to the program … These men gave an enormous amount of their personal time to make this dream a reality, but all of them made personal financial donations to help jump start the program.

The Dirty Dozen include:
Roy Akins
Al Burke
Hugh Colson
Jimmie DeLoach
Sam Johnson
Robert Lamb
Morris Lupton
Donald Nesmith
Bobby Oliff
Frank Pearson
Ronnie Pope
Bobby Underwood
Si Waters
Bucky Wagner
Bruce Yawn