MOULTRIE — Colquitt County has produced a number of outstanding two sports stars over the years, but only one — Lindy Boatwright — played in both the high school football and baseball all-star games.

Boatwright, who died Friday, was an All-Region and All-State state selection as a 170-pound guard in 1951 and played in the North-South All-Star football game at Grant Field.

He also posted that state’s highest batting average as a Moultrie High senior in the spring of 1952 when he played in the North-South all-star game in Atlanta.

His prowess at both sports led him to selected to the Colquitt County Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. He also was named to Moultrie-Colquitt County All-Century football team.

Boatwright is the third member of Hall of Fame to die this year, following Gayle Manley, his former Packers football teammate, and Elliott Galloway.

Boatwright came from the tough Riverside section of Moultrie and had to be convinced he should play football.

There was never any doubt about his competitiveness.

“Boy, he was as tough as a lightered knot,” fellow Hall of Famer Rip Bennett said of Boatwright.

Boatwright played football under four coaches at Moultrie High, including Jim Still in 1950 and Knuck McCrary in 1951. The Packers won 16 games Boatwright’s final two seasons.

One of the biggest victories in 1951 was a Thanksgiving Day 20-6 upset of Albany High in Moultrie which Boatwright blocked a punt that Frank Hanna picked up and run to the Indians 1.

The game also featured an altercation between Boatwright and an Albany player that apparently everyone in the stadium except the officials saw.

Among his Moultrie High football teammates were a number of future Hall of Famers, including Manley, Ray Mercer, Owen Thomas, Gibson “Sweetie” Newton and Lynn Fowler.

After graduating from Moultrie High in 1952, Boatwright went to South Georgia College, where he played football one season under future University of Georgia coach Johnny Griffith.

Boatwright also started on the South Georgia baseball team one season.

When notified of his selection to the Colquitt County Sports Hall of Fame, Boatwright said, “I want to accept this award for all the 170-pound guards who played for the Packers.”

After spending much of his adult life in Keystone Heights, Fla., where he raised his three children, Boatwright returned to Moultrie in 1998.

He is survived by two daughters, Marianne Palmer of Pensacola, Fla., and Elizabeth Glotfelty of Chesterfield, Va.; a son, Lin Boatwright of Chicago, Ill.; and four grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Hugh Ward officiating.

Memorials may be made to the Colquitt County High athletic department.