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Statistics always remind me of fellow who drowned in a river where the average depth was only three feet.
Woody Hayes
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Woody Hayes
Age: 74 †
Born: 1913
Born: February 14
Died: 1987
Died: March 12
Football Player
Military Officer
Clifton
Ohio
Wayne Woodrow Hayes
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When I look in the mirror in the morning, I want to take a swing at me.
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