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This digital document is an article from Notable Sports Figures, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1468 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Takes a close look at the people in sports who have captured attention because of success on the playing field, or controversy off the playing field. This work features biographies on more than 600 people from around the world and throughout history who have had an impact not only on their sport, but also on the society and culture of their times. It also includes not only the record-breakers that dominated and changed their sport, but also the controversial figures that made headlines even apart from athletic events. ... Read more

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Chapters: Al Groh, Johnny Poe, John de Saulles, George Welsh, William C. "King" Cole, Mike London, Sonny Randle, Ben Martin, Greasy Neale, George Sanford, George Blackburn, Dick Bestwick, Arthur Guepe, Don Lawrence, Earl Abell, Frank Murray, W. Rice Warren, Ned Mcdonald, Richard Voris, Joseph Massie, Archie Hoxton, Marty Bergen, Gus Tebell, Harry Mackey, John Elliott, Kemper Yancey, Hammond Johnson, Harry Varner, Peyton Evans, Wesley Abbott, Joseph Wood, Harris Coleman, Bill Elias, Gresham Poe, Charles Crawford, Thomas Campbell, Fred Dawson, John Neff. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 123. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Al Groh (born July 13, 1944) is the defensive coordinator of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. He is also a former head coach of the University of Virginia football team, and the former head coach of the New York Jets of the NFL. He is a two-time Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year, winning the award in 2002 and 2007. Groh has over 38 years of professional and collegiate coaching experience; this history includes 13 seasons in the NFL, a Super Bowl title with the New York Giants, and over a decade of working under coach Bill Parcells. Born in New York City, Groh is a native of Manhasset, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. He is a 1962 graduate of Chaminade High School, and a 1967 graduate of the University of Virginias McIntire School of Commerce, he returned to his alma mater in 2001 as the head coach of the Cavaliers football team. His son Mike Groh was a high school football star at Randolph High School in Randolph, New Jersey who kicked the game winning field goal in The Star-Ledger's "Greatest High School Football Game Ever Played" in 1990. Mike was formerly his father's offensive coordinator, quarterback coach, and recruiting ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1517670 ... Read more