By Mark Brock

DCSD Athletics Specialist

DeKalb County is well represented in the 2025 class of the Georgia Football Hall of Fame with four inductees gracing the stage on Saturday, Oct. Oct. 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the College Football Hall of Fame in downtown Atlanta.

Avondale’s Danny Buggs (1970), Chamblee’s Steve Wallace (1981), Dunwoody’s Harris Barton (1981) and Redan’s Chris Gardocki (1987) join 29 others in the Hall’s fourth class.

Wallace and Barton were both part of the long history of the Chamblee and Dunwoody football rivalry and joined forces as bookend tackles with the San Francisco 49ers where they helped pave the way to three Super Bowl titles (1988, 1989, 1994).

Redan’s Chris Gardocki also won a Super Bowl ring as a punter for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006 (Super Bowl

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