Ten Questions Chuck Mardis, now as assistant football coach for the Page Pirates, former assistant coach at Eastern Guilford High School, and former Greensboro Redskins football player(defensive back)…Chuck Mardis, DB for the G ‘Skins, back in 1974….. **********Questions for Coach Mardis:********** 1) What do you remember most about your experience with the Greensboro Redskins team? Trying to fit in practice while working. The closeness of our teammates, long bus rides, and the chance to still play football. (What position did you play and were you a starter?) I was the starting free safety. Was injured some near the end of…
The year was 1974, and the team to beat was the best in the Carolinas, and that team was from Greensboro, N.C. We’re talking about the Greensboro Redskins, the city’s semipro football team, this G ‘Skins football team was the best around. We were talking today with Jim Ezekiel, and Jim was a starting offensive lineman for the team that won the Carolinas Semipro Football Mini-Super Bowl…. Jim Ezekiel was a 21-22 year-old man, that stood 5’9 and weighed 218 pounds, when he started his season with the Greensboro Redskins. Jim was up to 235 pounds by the time the…