Coach Hayden Fry Passes Away at age 90

[CycloneJoe]

Upon graduating from high school, he was recruited by Ohio State University, but would instead choose to play football at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he was eventually voted team captain.[10] After college, Duggan was signed by the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League, but was released after being plagued by knee injuries.[4]

 

[Hawkmi]

Upon graduating from high school, he was recruited by Ohio State University, but would instead choose to play football at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he was eventually voted team captain.[10] After college, Duggan was signed by the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League, but was released after being plagued by knee injuries.[4]

Surprised I didn’t get a let me google that for you response.

 

[AlaCyclone]

RIP Coach Fry.

 

[CloneLawman]

He was like a school in the summer. RIP.

 

[Die4Cy]

Iowa has had only two coaches since I was preschool age, and I'm in my middle 40s.

He's got quite a legacy in IC that I imagine won't be forgotten. I won't forget getting beat 57-3.

 

[cayin]

I tip my hat to Hayden Fry. Big impact on football in our state. Yes he was a rival and there were days I was pissed he kicked our @ss. His philosophy was first and foremost dominate your state. He did just that.

 

[BCClone]

I’m not sure. I thought he was a buckeye for some reason. That being said hacksaw was also a large part of my childhood.

Back in the day everyone wanted to be a mustang, most profitable team to play for.

 

[Hawkmi]

Back in the day everyone wanted to be a mustang, most profitable team to play for.

Wrong timeframe.

 

[BCClone]

Wrong timeframe.

From what I’ve heard from other people around that age, not necessarily.

 

[CapnCy]

Respect to him for what he did for Iowa and for college FB. A character, winner, and son of a gun all in one.

Also....does this mean the tavern Hawks can start naming their kids and dogs Kirk now?

 

[Drew0311]

Meh.

Always one idiot

 

[Peter]

All those memories of getting curbed stomped by Matt Sherman and Tim Dwight just came flooding back.

 

[Hawkmi]

From what I’ve heard from other people around that age, not necessarily.

I won’t pretend to be an expert on that timeframe of CFB, but him signing Jerry LeVias was huge according to relatives that were around. I myself was born in 85, so I go by my seniors accounts

 

[Sigmapolis]

You'll catch some flack over this, but I commend your courage for saying what many of us were thinking.

You have to leave the fandom behind at certain times.

Our hatred of Fry betrays a begrudging respect and acknowledge of his accomplishments.

I do not think of his passing the way I will for, say, Art Briles.

When he goes, it is going to be "not soon enough, hope he gets what he deserves."

 

[BCClone]

I won’t pretend to be an expert on that timeframe of CFB, but him signing Jerry LeVias was huge according to relatives that were around. I myself was born in 85, so I go by my seniors accounts

Know guys from 60s and 70s that were given money and one offered a car while being recruited. One older friend of mine, about 35 years or so on me, would talk about jobs that players could get that others couldn’t.

 

[BCClone]

Yea, I mean that’s totally worse than the people on HN openly mocking Stevie Hicks suicide and making posts about him going kersplat.

Thats about as classless as anything out there.

 

[BigHoss]

For his sake, I hope Ronnie Harmon isn't a pallbearer.

 

[CYdTracked]

Coach Fry is a legend even though he was a Hawkeye. Hard to say a bad word about a coach who did things the right way.

 

[GT25Ump]

Just wished he would of passed away in say, April. Instead, he'll be a huge topic here before our bowl games, everyone will be hopped up about "win it for Hayden" and it will for sure overshadow us if both teams win and if just THEY win and not us? UGH, the greatness that is Hayden Fry and ISU has never had anyone remote to his legacy, blah blah, blah.

P.S. Back in the 80's, I was a fan of BOTH Iowa and ISU, but due to the fact that Iowa was always good in f'ball/basketball and ISU was OK in basketball but terrible in football (and rarely ever on TV, in ANY sports), it was hard not to root/follow Iowa sports, here in the NW part of the state. Thankfully, I began dating a girl going to Iowa and had a chance to see/hear firsthand the ARROGANT attitude of Iowa fans and it turned me off so much that I put my complete allegiance to IOWA STATE!

 

[Peter]

Just wished he would of passed away in say, April. Instead, he'll be a huge topic here before our bowl games, everyone will be hopped up about "win it for Hayden" and it will for sure overshadow us if both teams win and if just THEY win and not us? UGH, the greatness that is Hayden Fry and ISU has never had anyone remote to his legacy, blah blah, blah.

P.S. Back in the 80's, I was a fan of BOTH Iowa and ISU, but due to the fact that Iowa was always good in f'ball/basketball and ISU was OK in basketball but terrible in football (and rarely ever on TV, in ANY sports), it was hard not to root/follow Iowa sports, here in the NW part of the state. Thankfully, I began dating a girl going to Iowa and had a chance to see/hear firsthand the ARROGANT attitude of Iowa fans and it turned me off so much that I put my complete allegiance to IOWA STATE!