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If you could pick the musical entertainment for Fry Fest

(Coralville's annual festival named after the coach), what would it be?

HF: No question I’d get Willie Nelson. … Willie and I became real

good friends. He did a benefit show for me at North Texas. After the big

show, we had a reception out on the ranch, and a lot of my coaching

staff, the (school) president and so forth, different people, were

there.

Willie walks up to me and says, ‘Aren’t you the coach?’

And I said, ‘Yes, sir.’ He said, ‘Who’s got my damn check’" And I said,

‘The athletic director.’ And he said, ‘Where is that S.O.B?’ And I said,

‘Well I’m the athletic director, too.’ And he said, ‘Well give me my

damn check.’

I had it made out, at that time ... back in the

’70s, I can’t remember the exact year, the check was for 40 thousand

bucks. And I handed it to him.

He said, ‘You’ve got a pen?’ I

said, ‘Yes, sir.’ He said, ‘Give it to me.’ I gave it to him. He

endorsed it right back to the North Texas Athletic Department and handed

it to me, winked at me, said ‘enjoy’ and walked away.

read more: http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/football/2013/2/28/4040800/happy-birthday-hayden-fry

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:laugh: I thought I had heard all of Fry's (every once in a while) Fractured Tales but that is one that seems to have escaped me. :rolleyes1:

What I did like about Coach Fry's Mean Green football teams was how most years they were playing at a Southwest Conference level of competition. it's been a long time for that but hopefully his disciple Coach McCarney will bring us back to the Promised Land. It's time.

GMG!

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