Dallas Evans , who passed away recently, was a star end on the 1953 San Diego High football team, a sub 49-second quarter-miler at San Diego State, and a coach and teacher more than 30 years in the South Bay area.
Dallas earned all-City Prep League honors on the 7-3 San Diego team that won the CPL championship. Evans scored six touchdowns, tied for third on the team in scoring to Horace Tucker’s 40, Ermon Johnson’s 38, and with Floyd Robinson’s 36.
The Hillers lost to Anaheim, 21-7, in the 1953 Southern Section playoffs.
The jovial Evans was head track coach at St. Augustine High in 1962, when the Saints featured James Moore, one of the San Diego Section’s top 440 runners, with a best time of :49.5.
Dallas coached many years with Ed Teagle at Mar Vista, which dominated Metropolitan League dual meet teams.
Brother Steve Evans, was a star on the Hoover basketball and baseball teams from 1955-57.
