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The game of football is one of strategy and tactics.

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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
Tactics
Strategy
Football
Game
Games

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Nothing that comes easy in this world is worth a damn.
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It does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth
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