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Uvalde's 1972 state champ football team reunites to relive 'magical' season 50 years later

Emily Shapiro/ABC News

(UVALDE, Texas) — As cheers roared through the stands of the Honey Bowl Stadium in Uvalde, Texas, on Friday night, it was a flashback 50 years in the making for some men on the sidelines.

Before May 24, the most memorable event in Uvalde was winning the 1972 high school football state championship. The teenagers became local celebrities, and this weekend, those champions, now in their late 60s, returned home to Uvalde for a 50th anniversary celebration.

The tight-knit championship team grew up together, from grade school to high school, ’72 player Buck Lanning told ABC News.

“We had a

 
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