About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: People from Odessa, Texas, Hayden Fry, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, John Ben Shepperd, Odessa Jackalopes, Buddy West, Permian High School, West Texas Roughnecks, Shea Smith, Alfred M. Wilson, Bill Myrick, Gene Mayfield, Mike Conaway, Tryon D. Lewis, Stoney Case, Jim J. Bullock, Roy Williams, Odessa High School, Virgil Johnson, Presidential Museum and Leadership Library, Chancy Croft, J. L. "Dusty" Rhoades, White-Pool House, Yisrayl Hawkins, Les Edgerton, Marvin R. Young, Ed Foreman, C. J. Peters, J. T. Rutherford, Odessa College, Chuck Dicus, Mehul Thakker, Stephnie Weir, Globe of the Great Southwest, Karan Ashley, Brooke Allison, Kim Smith, Toby Stevenson, Stonehenge replica, Daryl Hunt, Curtis Bledsoe, Kristin Griffith, John Wilkins, Ector County Coliseum, Britt Hager, Kelvin Clark, Ratliff Stadium, Derrick Shepard, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Permian Basin Campus, Permian Basin International Oil Show. Excerpt: John Hayden Fry (born February 28, 1929) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Southern Methodist University (1962-1972), North Texas State University, now the University of North Texas (1973-1978), and the University of Iowa (1979-1998), compiling a career college football record of 232-178-10. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2003. Born in Eastland, Texas, Hayden Fry was descended from one of the Texas First Families; his great-great-grandfather fought beside General Sam Houston in the Mexican War. Fry's family moved to Odessa, Texas, when he was eight years old. Fry worked multiple jobs as a child to help his family through the Great Depression. He also played sports, partly to stay out of trouble. Hayden played basketball, football, and track, but h...
