In 1969 Troy Trojans was a high school team that was rebuilding and led by undersized sophomores, they were having a terrible season (they went 2-7-1), this making four straight losing seasons, two in the Western Ohio League (WOL) 1968 and 1969, and two before that (1966–1967) in the Miami Valley League (MVL). On the last play, of the last game of the season, with the game tied 22-22 against powerful rival
Huber Heights Wayne, the pass went to the 165-pound
Randy Walker. He was tackled from the end zone. After the game the coach, James "Jim" Conard, made the entire team walk around with a piece of cloth that was long, until the start of the 1970 season. Walker gave up his first love,
baseball, joined the
track team for speed and stamina, and started lifting weights-gaining 30 pounds, reporting to fall practice at 195-pounds. The strip of cloth would motivate his team, Conard and Walker would not lose another game the remaining two seasons, going 20-0, and winning back-to-back WOL titles. In 1971 they outscored opponents, 406-54, out-gained opponents to 1,267, and punting only 19 times all season. The team and the defense dominated opponents, forcing 31 turnovers, and posting five shutouts (including a 35-0 victory over Wayne). 20 players from the 1971 Trojans would go on to play
college football, 15 of those at the
Division I level, and two would play in the
National Football League (NFL). Bell would go on to play for the
Michigan Wolverines in college, gaining 2,900 yards, and play four seasons in the NFL for the
New York Giants and
St. Louis Cardinals. Walker would star in three seasons at fullback for the
Miami RedHawks, on a team that went 32-1-1, winning the Mid-American Conference title all three years. Drafted by the
Cincinnati Bengals (1976; 13th round), Walker would instead choose to become an assistant coach (later head coach of both the Miami RedHawks and the
Northwestern Wildcats). Boyd went on to play football at
Eastern Kentucky and with the NFL's
San Francisco 49ers. Starkey and fullback Joe Allen would play for the
Florida Gators. In addition quarterback Al Mayer went on to play at
Marshall. ==Clubs and activities==