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RALEIGH, N.C. Jan 71—Roward ) Monard (Ty) Coon, Jr. North Caro line State's most widely-known foot. Dall player of all time, might have been a greater gridster had he not e ven 50 intensly interested in put | ‘tog his 88 in cveneinnering | ‘Time and again through his three varsity years. big Ty met late after r oom labs asend of time off to te practice field. Education with him ‘ame foremedt But in spite of all that he attained |¢ the highest honors ever accorded |! Wolfpack football. player. Included | ¢ tame in his senior year, after he¢ fad been heralded in the pre-seas¢ ton build-up as the greatest tackle . Dine made Grantland Rice's All-America squad, comparable to a second team berth, and two “All-America third teams. Her very other team State played India football sophomore year. Ba just made over from an end into a tackle by Coach William (Doc) New tom, was an understudy of a senior tackle, but broke into the limelight in the Pack’s grand finale against uke by battling down with his lenched fist one of Erle Tipton punts, just after the ball had left Tipton’s educated toe. His heroics in blocking kicks carried over into iss junior year, when he blocked ants of five different teams, includ ide one of Alabama's. It was an id at the Crimson ‘Tide hadnt had ‘punt blocked on it in five years ‘Ty’ Coon was born July 26, 1915, White Plains, N. ¥., the second child of Edward Howard Coon, Canadian era and of Scoted-Dutch descent nd. (he former Margaret (Greta) Jordan, an Trian woman from County Clare, Ireland, who had come to this country at the age of 17 years to be with her brothers in New York ty. ‘Mama Coon, as she is known to State's football players, who she has followed, pretty well over the counney in ane a) totalls not Ardent followers. Week ends she usually gets in a couple of high ¢ enool games on ‘Pridays, a college | game on Saturdays and a profession | ‘game on Sundays. Back in Coun ty Clase she used to play rugby |# with the bore and many attribute her interest in King Football to her |# participation in the Boglsh mee of the game. Papa Coon is a football fan prin= own, Conn, where he ralued 7, | us ‘older sister Charley, who is S-11 and weighs || bout 170, although just about 18 /* Yara of age. Ty went to grammar school in Watertown and sprouted his test | football wings there A rough and ready ‘kid with promise. be found up at White Plains, NM. ¥.. whereas were Archibald Coon brought, Ima gn Coon wanted ‘Ty to play of ack White Plains high team, which ‘At White Plains high, Ty played such on offense and tackle on de fense, serving the team well for | ee’ years and winning for him= sal Westchester County honor | it end, | ‘Young Coon always wanted to be | construction engineer his desires Probably being influenced by the locations of his father and also his tele, 80, when enthusiastic. N.C State supporters pointed out the ad vantages of their alma mater Coon feat an attentive ear and wound up matriculating in ‘State's outstand ing school of engineering ‘as a freshman he substituted for no great ends, now making names free themselves at other institutions “Gil ‘Thompson of Marquette and Gene laanes of Western Reserve. The feat year, he lacked the polish to deat out the wealth of end material Serhan and ‘was held out a year ‘But with the coming of ‘Coach Newton” to ‘State Coon 'got his cance, first at guard during the spring training of 1957 and then at tackle, ‘which position he played the follow tg fall, shang ik equally with HV, Helms, One senior tackle
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Gastonia Daily Gazette
Gastonia, North Carolina, US
Sat, Jan 27, 1940
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