* 1944 – Jerry Sandusky, Former Penn State football coach ; convicted child-sex offender

* Lloyd Carr, Former Head football coach, University of Michigan

* Michael Moore ( American football ) Former NFL Player

Former University of Arkansas quarterback Barry Lunney, Jr. was a junior high student at Beebe while his father, Barry Lunney, Sr., was head football coach at Beebe High School ( 1987 – 1988 ).

* Bobby Bowden, Former FSU football coach, first head coaching job was with the football team at South Georgia College.

* Former Clemson and New York Jets football player, Bill Mathis.

* Former Washington Redskins football player Brian Keith Mitchell played football at Plaquemine High School.

* Garland Jean-Batiste, Former NFL football player.

Former U. S. Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell was the speaker for Damascus High School's Class of 2000 commencement ceremony at the high school's football stadium.

* Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman and former Central Michigan University football player Dan Bazuin is from McBain.

* Bobby Petrino — Former head football coach of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

Former University of Montana Grizzly basketball coach Don Holst is a PHS graduate as is former University of Montana assistant football coach Kraig Paulson.

Former professional football player Jeff Kinney is a 1968 graduate of McCook High School.

* Richard Huntley, Former professional American football running back in the National Football League

* Doug Datish ( Former Ohio State and current Tennessee Titans football player )

* Butch Davis, Head football coach, University of North Carolina ( 2007 – 2011 ), Former Head Coach, University of Miami ( 1995 – 2000 )

* Troy Drayton, Former NFL and Penn State football player

Former head coach of the University of Kansas football team

* Phillip Fulmer, Former University of Tennessee football coach

Jackson was also the home of singers Carl Perkins and Luther Ingram ; game show host Wink Martindale ; football players Ed " Too Tall " Jones, Al Wilson, Trey Teague, and Jabari Greer ; pianist Joe Hunter ( one of the Funk Brothers studio band who played on many Motown hits in the 1960s ) the rock band Full Devil Jacket, American soul singer, songwriter and actress Lauren Pritchard, originating and playing the role of the 15-year-old runaway " Ilse " in the hit Broadway show Spring Awakening for two years, Former Miss Tennessee Allison Leigh Alderson DeMarcus, and American country music artist Whitney Duncan.

* Junior Coffey Former NFL football player.

Former football star Dick Todd set long-standing records as a running back for Texas A & M University.

Dennis Ericson -- Former head football coach for Arizona State University

Former Stars goalkeeper Andy Moog was promoted to Assistant General Manager for Player Development ( he kept his job as goaltending coach ), and former player Ulf Dahlen was hired as an assistant coach.

Former Scotland international and Partick Thistle goalkeeper in the 1970s and 1980s, Alan Rough is a former Glenafton manager.

* Former Aston Villa goalkeeper Mark Bosnich

Former Stevens soccer goalkeeper Zach Carr received All-American and Academic All-American honors in 2010.

* Billy Thomson: Former Scotland, Rangers, Dundee United and St. Mirren goalkeeper.

Former FA Premier League goalkeeper Craig Forrest is from Coquitlam and attended Centennial School.

* Former England goalkeeper David Seaman owns a property in Marlow.

* David Seaman Former England goalkeeper lived in Iver

Former Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall took over but was dismissed just three months later, with Clive Walker taking over in March 2002 with the club rooted to the foot of the table.

Former Arsenal goalkeeper Bob Wilson names Trautmann as his boyhood hero, and Gordon Banks cited him as an influence on his playing style.

Former Indian hockey goalkeeper Manuel Frederick is from Kannur.

Former hero Jon Jönsson was brought in from Brøndby IF during the summer to bolster the defense, goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen from FC København and right back Andreas Klarström from Esbjerg fB making a comeback to the club.

The Mirror further reports that " Former Aston Villa goalkeeper Stefan Postma had originally managed to keep his the video secret by buying it when his ex tried to sell it on eBay.

Former Northern Ireland and Ballymena United goalkeeper Tommy Wright took over as manager on a full-time basis – a first for the club.

Former England international goalkeeper Peter Shilton briefly lived in the village from late-1995 to early-1996 ..

Former Tonbridge and Arsenal goalkeeper Tony Burns took over as manager for the 1980 – 81 season and the club ’ s new Longmead Stadium hosted its first game on August 18, 1980, a crowd of 701 watching a Southern League Cup game against Crawley Town.

Former Liverpool goalkeeper, Ray Clemence, in 1977 following a European Cup tie between the Reds and Borussia Mönchengladbach, admitted he feared Bonhof's shots and apparently with good reason.

* Alex Stepney Former Manchester United, Milwall and Chester goalkeeper and England international, with First Division and European Cup winners honours.