Eddie Hornback from Ocean Springs. One night in Spring of '82 I was in the old Shakey's Pizza on Academy Rd in Starkville. Eddie was in there w/ some football players and they started taking up a collection to get Eddie to bite a piece of a glass beer mug off of the mug. I thought this ought to be worth it and I threw a buck or two into Eddie's blue denim butcket hat which he most always wore. After contributions dwindled somebody went and bought him a beer in a glass mug, he downed it almost immediately and damned if he didn't with much effort eventually bite a plug of that beer mug off and spit it out. It took some effort but he did it. Nobody messed with him, ever.
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Eddie Hornback - A Parade All-American at quarterback for the Greyhounds in 1978, Hornback led Ocean Springs to an undefeated regular season and a top 5 ranking in the state. Hornback rushed for more than 1,000 yards in his senior season and nearly topped 2,000 in total offense while accounting for 21 touchdowns. He was also named first team All-State and played in the Mississippi High School All-Star Game, accompanied by his coach, Hugh Pepper. Overall, Hornback earned 13 varsity letters during his high school career in football, baseball and track. One of the most heavily recruited football players in OSHS history, Hornback ultimately signed with the University of Notre Dame, where he spent two seasons before a knee injury and a coaching change prompted a transfer to Mississippi State University to finish his college career."