Billy Montgomery

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Billy Wayne Montgomery
Louisiana State Representative for
District 9 (Bossier Parish)
In office
1988 – January 14, 2008
Preceded byJesse C. Deen
Succeeded byHenry Burns
Personal details
Born (1937-07-07) July 7, 1937 (age 84)
Political partyDemocrat turned Republican in 2006
Alma materNorthwestern State University
OccupationEducator

Billy Wayne Montgomery, also known as Coach Montgomery (born July 7, 1937), is a former educator who represented the Bossier City-based District 9 in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988-2008. He was elected as a Democrat, but he switched affiliation to the Republican Party on October 3, 2006.

On August 6, 2016, Montgomery and four others were inducted into the Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions at the Shreveport Convention Center. Since its opening in 2007 through 2015, 132 persons had already been selected for this honor. Inducted with Montgomery are , a Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball All-American in 1959 and 1960 who resides in Haughton; Mickey Slaughter, a former Denver Broncos quarterback and Louisiana Tech football coach; hot air balloonist , a dentist from Longview, Texas, and the professional golf caddie Freddie C. Burns, Sr., an African-American from Shreveport, who for thirty-eight years was associated with Hal Sutton.[1][2]

References[]

  1. ^ Butler, Malcolm (June 29, 2016). "Tech pair Germany, Slaughter to be inducted into Ark-La-Tex Sports Museum of Champions". sportsnola.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  2. ^ "Slaughter, Germany to be honored: Tech duo will be enshrined into the Ark-La-Tex Museum of Champions". Ruston Daily Leader. July 2, 2016. Archived from the original on July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
Political offices
Preceded by Louisiana State Representative for District 9 (Bossier Parish)

Billy Wayne Montgomery
1988–2008

Succeeded by
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