Ex-Husker Ron Douglas, 100, leaves legacy

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Ex-Husker Ron Douglas, 100, leaves legacy steeped in Nebraska tradition

Mitch Sherman, ESPN Staff Writer

CRETE, Neb. -- On the morning of the second Thursday in May, I visited this town of about 7,000, 30 miles southwest of Lincoln, to meet (100 year old) Ron Douglas, the oldest living former Nebraska football player.

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He played in Nebraska’s single-wing attack alongside Sam Francis, the 1936 Heisman runner-up and No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, Lloyd Cardwell and quarterback Johnny Howell. Nebraska has enshrined all four in its Hall of Fame. Dana X. Bible coached those teams. He later spent nearly two decades as coach and athletic director at Texas and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.
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I looked up his team, the 1936 Huskers. They were ranked 9th in the AP poll, the first AP poll ever. Minnesota, the eventual MNC, beat the '36 Huskers by a touchdown. That was back in the days when the Big 8 Conference was the Big 6. LINK

Here's another article that was in the OWH: LINK

RIP Ron Douglas. RIP.

 

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Is that a picture of coach Riley? I can't tell very well on my phone.

That picture is AWESOME if it is

 

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Is that a picture of coach Riley? I can't tell very well on my phone.

That picture is AWESOME if it is

Yup!

Slightly different angle than the pic in the article. You can see it's Riley in the article pic. (But the article pic wouldn't hotlink.)