George W. Bilbo, Sr., the 1929 PRC Wildcat football captain, played end and tackle for the Wildcats. He was also a member of the 1928 Wildcats who won the state championship for the fourth year in a row.

After leaving PRC in 1930, Bilbo played guard for Ole Miss. In 1933 Bilbo was named All-American and played in the North-South All-Star game in Knoxville. He was also class president of the Liberal Arts School.  After graduating from Ole Miss, Bilbo coached football and baseball one year in Benoit. His first baseball team had a 9-1 record.

At the end of world War II, he moved his family home to Pearl River County where he bought a farm. He served as principal at Thomas and Sellers and was a teacher and coach at Brooklyn and Lumberton. He retired from the Lumberton Line School District in 1974. He was also an election commissioner for more than 30 years.