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Clemson Hall of Fame coach worried COVID-19 'could end football'

Hall of Fame head coach Danny Ford, who led Clemson to national prominence in the 1980s, says football is taking a great gamble on its future if high school, college and the NFL take the field with their still being no cure for the coronavirus.

Ford acknowledge to Fox Carolina News on Friday that death occurs in football almost every year and it is a risk anyone takes when they sign up to play the game. Ford played and coached the game for more than 50 years until he retired from coaching in 1997 and moved back to Clemson.