Andy Griffin '62
Griffin was a three-year letterwinner for the
football team from 1959-61 and also played basketball. He was the
leading rusher in each of his three seasons, rushing for a
career-best 616 yards on 139 carries and 10 touchdowns in 1959. The
64 points he scored that season, adding four PATs, stood as a
school record at the time. He finished his career with 1463 rushing
yards on the ground and 116 point scored, the second-highest mark
in school history at the time of his graduation in 1962. Griffin
served as a team captain in 1961. He was named to the AIC Football
"All-Time Team" selected in 1969.
After graduation, Griffin played semi-professionally for the
Springfield Acorns. Griffin has devoted his life to education,
serving as a professor at AIC before moving on to become the
research director with the National Education Association. He would
also serve as assistant superintendent with Public Education of
Washington and would serve as the Executive Director of the Georgia
Association of Educators. He currently resides in Stone Mountain,
Georgia.







