No Graham, I didn't know him personally, I don't know what year he was in either...I had a friend that was a good ball player Jim Shepard... I have a cousin that is related on the other side of the family that married into a Bridges family, but she will not tell us anything, she is in her 80's and says the past should be left there... her name is Codella Bridges if any one can connect to her...They grew up around Beaumont TX hugs, Gay > Gay > > Lake Houston is the Lake that is between Kingwood and Humble. Since you > grew up in Baytown did you by chance know a guy named Plowden Bridges? When > I was in high school there was a guy that played for Baytown by that name. > He was about 6'5" tall at the time. There were also an Allen Wilkerson that > went to high school in Baytown that is a cousin from the Bridges side of my > bunch. I never did find out if Plowden was related to me. > > I live in Boerne, Tx. It's about 28 miles NW of San Antonio just in the > edge of the Hill Country. > > I've never heard of Portland. It must be on the big River! >