Lee Hedges
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Hedges in his last year at Woodlawn High School in Shreveport (1966 Woodlawn Accolade yearbook)
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Junior Lee Hedges November 2, 1929 Fifty-Six, Arkansas, US |
| Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana |
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| Occupation | Football coach |
| Political party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Nell Womack Hedges (married 1954–2013, her death) |
| Children | 2 |
Junior Lee Hedges (born November 2, 1929) is with 217 victories the winningest high school football coach in the history of Shreveport-Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana. In 2001, the Caddo Parish School Board renamed the football stadium at Captain Shreve High School in Hedges' honor. In 2010, he was elected to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in .
Hedges is a native of rural Fifty-Six in Stone County near Mountain View in northern Arkansas. In the middle 1940s, he played football at Fair Park High School in Shreveport. He then played at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He coached at the high school level from 1955 to 1984, with the exception of the 1966 season.
His 1973 team at Captain Shreve was, as of the 2014 season, the last Shreveport-Bossier public school squad to win a state football championship. Hedges was head coach for three Shreveport public high school teams -- Byrd Yellow Jackets (1956–59), Woodlawn Knights (1960–65), and Captain Shreve Gators (1967–84). He guided teams from each school into state championship games.
In 28 seasons, Hedges' teams posted a 216–92–9 (.698) record and had 24 winning seasons, reaching the playoffs 19 times and winning 11 district championships. Five of his teams reached the state semifinals. Three teams which did not make the playoffs had either 9–2 or 8–2 records. The most prominent of the athletes Hedges coached was quarterback Terry Bradshaw, the four-time Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pro Football Hall of Fame selection. He was a first-year starter on Hedges' 1965 Woodlawn High School team that reached the state championship game.
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