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Doss Fulton
Hometown: Louisville, MS
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Coach Doss Fulton was a championship football coach at Forest, Meadville, Winston County AHS, Starkville, and Jackson Central. Coach Fulton was born in Louisville and was a three-sport letterman at Mississippi College from 1921 to 1925. He started his forty-year coaching career at Forest High from 1925 to 1927. Doss coached at Meadville from 1927 to 1930. He guided Starkville High from 1933 to 1947 as his football team captured five Little 10 Championships and had a stretch of 38 consecutive wins. He built a powerhouse team at Jackson Central from 1947 to 1955. His Central teams won 5 North Division Big 8 crowns and 3 overall Big 8 State Championships. Central had one period of 26 consecutive wins during the championship era. His teams used the single wing for 30 years and compiled a record of 211 wins, 62 losses, and 6 ties. Doss served as athletic director for the Jackson Public Schools from 1947 to 1967. Coach Fulton received a High School Coaches Achievement award upon retirement in 1967. He was inducted into the Mississippi College Sports Hall of Fame in 1967 and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. Coach Fulton passed away on May 22, 1994.