Boutwell inducted into MCC Hall of Fame

PERKINSTON — Tommy Boutwell was inducted into the Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday night, joining an illustrious class and a prestigious list of previous Mississippi Gulf Coast honorees.

Boutwell attended Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College from June 1965 to Jan. 1967. He was the third baseman on Coach Curly Farris' first state championship baseball team in 1966. Boutwell was also the starting quarterback on the 1966 Bulldog football team, leading the team to a 33-0 victory over the Pearl River Wildcats on Nov. 12. It was Gulf Coast's first win over their archrivals since 1948.

That same year, he led the Bulldogs to victory over the Jones Bobcats to secure the first Bulldog state championship since 1948. He scored the winning touchdown on a 1-yard sneak in the fourth quarter. In postseason play, he led the team to victory in the Shrine Bowl in Shreveport, La.

In 1966, he was named All-State, First Team Offensive All-Star and All-American. At Southern Miss, Boutwell led the football team to the first-ever victories over Mississippi State in both 1967 and 1968. He led USM in rushing in both seasons, running for 1,583 yards in 1968.

He was selected Senior College Honorable Mention All-American and was selected in the 13th round by the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League Draft.

Boutwell played five games for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League in 1969, making four receptions.

Boutwell was a 2013 inductee into the MGCCC Athletics Hall of Fame. 

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