Bobby Ray McHalffey

A Great Candidate for Football Triple Crown

Here’s a vote for a triple crown in high school football similar to the one in Major League Baseball. And here’s a vote for a candidate for the first award-–Bobby Ray McHalffey.

In his career, McHalffey:

Quaterbacked the last Bossier High School team to win a state football championship (1948).
Coached the Haughton Buccaneers, Bossier Parish's last team to win a Louisiana High School Athletic Association state football crown (1977).
Coached Plain Dealing Academy to a state championship in the Louisiana Independent Schools Assn. (1984).

McHalffey, a member of the LHSAA Coaches Association Hall of Fame, coached high school football for 35 years and was on the winning side 237 times. That win figure ranked in fifth place all-time among LHSAA coaches in North Louisiana coaches when McHalffey retired. His total ranks with coaching legends Charlie Brown of Neville, Hoss Garrett of Ruston, Racer Holstead of Tallulah and Red Franklin of Haynesville.

The name McHalffey is synonymous with athletics at Bossier High. In 1947, Bobby Ray took over at quarterback for the Bearkats, replacing his older brother, Billy Joe, and the next year he guided the Class A champions who beat Homer, 7-6, in the title game. An all-round athlete, Bobby Ray starred in basketball and also won a state pole vault championship for the Bearkat track team. Today, his son, Billy Don, is head football coach of the Bearkats and has guided teams into the state playoffs for 17 consecutive seasons.

Bobby Ray McHalffey died in November of 2000.

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