Rollie Layfield Inducted Into the Tiger Football Hall of Fame
On Thursday, July 18, 2024, Rollie Layfield, along with Troy Ellis, Eric Wright, Alex Wood and Lee Owens, was inducted into the Tiger Football Hall of Fame. He received a plaque during the event commemorating the honor and a duplicate plaque will be mounted in the high school sports hall in the space reserved for past Hall of Fame inductees. In addition, he will be recognized on the field during the first home football game.
The Tiger Football Hall of Fame, a vision of Mr. David Weaver, opened in 2015. The Hall has been recognizing those individuals that have made contributions to the Tiger football experience, whether it be a player, coach, band director, booster club member or just a person who has influenced the program in a positive way. Inductees are selected by a group of 25 Massillon football supporters. With the current induction class, the Hall currently has 121 members.
Rollie Layfield, from the Massillon Perry Class of 1960, is a person that anyone would want to have on their team. With a life of dedication to the Massillon Tiger Football Booster Club, he worked his way up the ranks to become a vice president in 1990 and 91, and then president in 1993. The list of his many achievements is long, but impressive. They include:
- A Sideliner member, acting as a big brother to a chosen player.
- An Orangemen member, assisting with purchase of special player medical equipment.
- Establishment of this Reverse Raffle program, which is a major fund raiser for the Sideliners organization.
- Booster Club Endowment Fund.
- New press box.
- Locker room renovation.
- Weight room equipment through solicitation of funding from Aultman Hospital.
- New scoreboard with message center.
- Inflatable Tiger tunnel.
- Wooden Tiger statue that sits in the WHS cafeteria.
- And distribution of monogrammed footballs to newborns for over 30 years
