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You don't get hurt running straight ahead...three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense. I will pound you and pound you until you quit.

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
Hurt
Offense
Running
Quit
Three
Pounds
Quitting
Dust
Ahead
Pound
Straight
Yards
Clouds
Cloud

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