Sir.’ “He looked back at me and said, ‘You ain’t nothing but a twig’.” One day after practice Fortunato looked at me and demanded, ‘What’s your name?’ I looked up at that big monster and said, ‘Branch. “We had to weigh in each day after practice,” Twig recalled. He was dubbed with the nickname “Twig” at State by fullback Joe Fortunato, who later played as linebacker for the Chicago Bears. Twig later went on to play football at Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, MS, under the tutelage of his high school coach, Dobie Holden. He then went on to play for Mississippi State University for 2 seasons (1950 – 1951), where he earned the name "Twig" as the lightning-fast 125 pound starting quarterback - #0.ĭuring his seasons at State, Twig was nominated 3 times for the “back of the week” after wins over Tennessee (’50), LSU (’50) and Georgia (’51). Frank "Twig" Branch was born in Sallis, Mississippi, during the Great Depression. Following an adventure filled youth in Sallis, the family moved to Pascagoula, MS. His father worked in the local shipyard during WWII, and Twig played high school football and graduated there.
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