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FLORIDA SENTINEL FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2022
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‘Coach’ Bobby Wilds Honored For 40+ Years Of Service To Youth
The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival hosted a youth event to honor a man for his more than 40 years of service to youth. The event was held at Howard W. Blake High School on Saturday, January 8, 2022, to honor Bobby Wilds.
Wilds, a Blake High graduate, spent many years coaching youth, but he is best known for the number of youth lives he touched as the leader of the Tampa Eagles Football Organization at the Ybor City Boys and Girls Club.
(Photos by Gilbert Brinson)
L-R Clarissa Thicklin, Ron Nelson, Coach Lew Lewis, Ruby Jackson, Mrs. Lynda Wilds next to her honoree husband, Coach Bobby Wilds, Coach Pastor K. L. Muldrow and Theoron Smith.
A. I. F. A. Owners. League Owner, Mr. Alton Walker; represent- ing Las Vegas, Mr. Chris Wallace; Jackson, Miss. reps, Mr. and Mrs. Germany; and St. Louis Bandit owner, Jeff Lewis.
Ron Nelson, Coach Lew Lewis, Mrs. Lynda Wilds, Coach Wilds, Indoor Football League Owner, Mr. Alton Walker and Theron Smith.
These cheerleader coaches are Jaleesia Ray and Latasha Glenn.
Virgil O'Neal, Jeremy Garner, Dorian Earley, J. T. Thompson, Stevie Thomas and Ryan Farneski were in attendance.
Coach Wilds’ golfing buddies and friends: The Amigos. Bob Ziegler, Dan Gonzalez, Bruce Wallen, Raymond Hewett and Dennis Machado.