Seventy-six-year-old Jim Rhodes has built a career out of his way with words. But his actions have spoken louder.
When the man nearly as synonymous with South Gwinnett sports as the school’s silver comet logo makes his way into the football press box this August, Rhodes will kick off season number thirty-eight as the PA announcer.
Nearly four decades in any one position is nothing short of impressive. But that’s not even the coolest part….
He’s never missed a game.
….never missed a football game…baseball game….basketball game…or softball game.
In fact, for five years, Jim was the man behind the mic for all four of those sports at once!
South Gwinnett’s honorary All-Star, if you will, reflects on his humble beginnings.
“We started in ’76. My son played baseball here at South. The coach and AD, John Sawyer, said they were having some problems with the announcer at both baseball games and football. I said ‘Hey, I can do that.’ So I started baseball first and then that fall of ’76, he said well why don’t you just do football?”