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Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.

Woody Hayes

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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
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Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
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