Tommy Hart was a 14-year NFL veteran and an All-Pro defensive end as a player and a three-time Super Bowl champion as an assistant coach. In high school at Macon’s Ballard-Hudson, playing on average teams, Hart was a three-year starter and the team MVP as a senior in 1963. With SEC opportunities unavailable, Hart became a three-time all-conference player at Atlanta’s Morris Brown College and also earned three letters as a lanky 6-foot-4 track-and-field sprinter and shot putter. The San Francisco 49ers took Hart in the 10th round of the 1968 NFL Draft. Hart became a starter at defensive end in 1970 and held the position through 1977. He finished third in voting for AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1976, when he recorded 16 of his 83 career sacks as part of the 49ers’ defensive line nicknamed the Gold Rush. Hart finished his career as a 1980 starter with the Chicago Bears. In 1981, 49ers coach Bill Walsh hired Hart as an assistant. He was on staff for the 49ers’ Super Bowl victories for the 1984, 1988 and 1989 seasons. Hart was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Macon Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
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The Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame honors and celebrates the rich history, achievements, and contributions of high school football players, coaches, and supporters across the state.
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