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Evening with Coach Fam
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Photo courtesy Sean Williams
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KU football All-Americans reunited Sept. 25 to honor
former coach Don Fambrough, d'48, at a benefit event
for the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center in
Lawrence.
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Photo courtesy Sean Williams
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Among Fam's friends at the tribute were former coaches
Pepper Rogers (left), who led KU from 1967 to 1970 (including
the 1968 Orange Bowl team), and Jack Mitchell, who coached
the Jayhawks from 1955 to 1966.
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Also toasting Fam were his 1948 Orange Bowl teammate
Otto Schnellbacher, d'48, and his wife, Jane.
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Legendary running back Gale Sayers (right), d'75, g'77,
an NFL Hall of Famer, reminisced with longtime football
manager Todd Williams.
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George Mrkonic, d'53, signed commemorative footballs,
as did the other All-Americans.
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David Jaynes, c'86, was one of three All-America quarterbacks
who returned, along with John Hadl, d'68, and Bobby
Douglass, '69. Two days later KU beat Missouri, 35-14,
in the annual rivalry that is always the biggest day
of the year for Coach Fam: "A perfect weekend,"
he said in the KU locker room, cradling a game ball
awarded to him by current coach Mark Mangino and the
players.
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