Labor Days (Reis)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hayden Fry, Mike Gundy, Frank Broyles, Ralph Glaze, Grant Teaff, Guy Morriss, Martin Ruby, Carl Torbush, Morley Jennings, Kevin Steele, Frank Kimbrough, John Bridgers, Trooper Taylor, Dave Roberts, Larry Fedora, George Sauer, Bill Bradley, Sam Mcelroy, Bill Yung, Morgan Hout, Frank Bridges, Chuck Reedy, Dale Steele, Jack Little, Norman C. Paine, John Goodner, Vernon Glass, Charles Mosley, Theo Young, Brian Norwood, Rick Smith, Corky Nelson, Ron Harms, Sam B. Boyd, Brent Pease, Dave Baldwin, Kevin Bickers, Bill Beall, E. J. Mills, R.h. Hamilton, R. N. Watts, J.c. Ewing, Luther Burleson, Archie Web, W.j. Ritchie, Jack Crowe. Excerpt: John Hayden Fry (born February 28, 1929) was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A college football coach from 1962 to 1998 at SMU, North Texas, and the University of Iowa. He compiled a record of 232 wins, 178 losses, and 10 ties during his 37 year career as a head coach and has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Born in Eastland, Texas, Hayden Fry was descended from one of the Texas First Families; his great-great-grandfather fought beside General Sam Houston in the Mexican War. Fry's family moved to Odessa, Texas, when he was eight years old. Fry worked multiple jobs as a child to help his family through the Great Depression. He also played sports, partly to stay out of trouble. Hayden played basketball, football, and track, but he most loved and was most successful at football, and Odessa was a football town. When Fry played safety and quarterback for Odessa High School in the 1940s, their stands routinely had sellout crowds. In Fry's senior year, Odessa won 14 straight games, scoring almost 400 points and allowing about 50. Odessa did not commit a single turnover all seaso... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=344391