Bert Coan
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| Position: | Halfback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 2, 1940 | ||||||||
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Texas Christian Kansas | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: |
1962 / Round: 7 / Pick: 85 (By the Washington Redskins) | ||||||||
| AFL draft: |
1962 / Round: 14 / Pick: 105 (By the Oakland Raiders) | ||||||||
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Elroy Bert Coan III (born July 2, 1940 in Timpson, Texas)[1] is a former American football player. He is most notable because of his extraordinary speed (9.4 in the 100-yard dash) and size (6'4", 215 lbs) and because he was the central figure in a dispute over the 1960 college football game between the University of Kansas Jayhawks and the University of Missouri Tigers, the second-longest-running rivalry in college football (known as the "Border War"). Coan played for Kansas - and helped the Jayhawks win the 1960 game by a score of 23-7 over Missouri, then-ranked #1. But later, the Big 8 declared Coan ineligible, due to a recruiting violation by Bud Adams while Coan was still at Texas Christian University (TCU)[2] and the game was forfeited. Missouri (and the Big 8) considers the 1960 game a victory for Missouri, while Kansas (and the NCAA) count the game as a Kansas victory. Ever since, the two universities have disputed the overall win-loss record in the long-running series.[3]
Coan went on to play in 72 games in seven seasons in the American Football League; the first season with the San Diego Chargers, and the rest with the Kansas City Chiefs.
External links
- Ryan Wood (November 20, 2004). "Halfback Coan at center of debate between rivals". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
References
- ↑ Bert Coan Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com
- ↑ Dennis Dodd (November 21, 2007). "From Quantrill to Reesing and Daniel, Kansas/Mizzou hate lingers". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
- ↑ KUsports.com - Damage control