Hall of Fame
There are plenty of trophies in the Bridgeport High School cafeteria.
But only one is a first state championship.
The first announced member of the first class of the Harry Green Bridgeport High Athletics Hall of Fame is the 1955 football team, which brought home the Class AA trophy.
John Murphy's team went 9-1, a school record for wins at the time and a number that wasn't beaten until the 10-0 1962 team.
As was true of most Bridgeport teams to follow, this was a team that hung its hat on defense, only allowing double-digit points twice, to University in a 37-14 win in Week 4 and to Webster Springs in a dominant 45-13 state championship victory at West Virginia Wesleyan's Cebe Ross Field on November 24.
Bridgeport shut out Shinnston, 7-0, on September 8 and Grafton, 13-0, on September 15 to open the season and also blanked Notre Dame (29-0 on October 8) and Philippi (34-0 on October 28).
The Tribe also defeated Buckhannon-Upshur, 27-7, on October 15; Roosevelt Wilson, 14-7, on October 21; and Kingwood, 42-6, on November 4.
Even the loss was a low-scoring affair, a 7-0 defeat at the hands of Victory on September 23.
