This book takes a look at the many sides of the intense, competitive, complex man whose name is synonymous with Ohio State football. A college football legend whose gridiron success spanned 28 seasons, Hayes guided 7 Buckeye Rose Bowl teams and 13 Big Ten Championship teams, and recorded 205 wins, 61 losses and 10 ties. His teams produced 58 All-Americans, 3 Heisman Trophy winners, and generations of dedicated OSU football fans. Perceived by many...
Woody Hayes did not enjoy a good relationship with the press. The notable exception was longtime Columbus Dispatch editor, Paul Hornung. Woody not only like Hornung, but considered him a close friend. Hornung's privileged status lead to him getting stories that others didn't, even if his rivals maintained that his closeness jeopardized his journalistic integrity. In reading WOODY HAYES: A REFLECTION, Hornung's personal fondness...
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Woody Hayes became an icon in Columbus, Ohio, as much for his sense of community as being head football coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. Paul Hornung,a former sports editor for The Columbus Dispatch, penned the book after Hayes fell from grace with his firing after striking Clemson player Charlie Bauman in the 1978 Gator Bowl, a game that was nationally-televised. There was so much more to Hayes than the seemingly out-of-control...
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For all true Buckeye fans, this is by far the best book I have read about Woody Hayes. It explores his background of family and education and his entrance into the game of football. Written by his friend Paul Hornung, former Sports Editor of The Columbus Dispatch. Also includes many stories from different individuals, both in and out of football, whose lives were touched by this legendary man. Highly recommended reading...
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