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The Woody Hayes Archive | Coach visits troops in Vietnam (1966)

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Each week during the football season, BuckeyeXtra.com will bring subscribers the original coverage of an event in the life of legendary Ohio State coach Woody Hayes, taken from the archives of The Columbus Dispatch newspaper. These stories, photos and clippings predate the Internet era and are being presented in digital form for the first time.

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(This story originally published on July 3, 1966)

Woody’ll head for Viet Nam

By PAUL HORNUNG

Woody Hayes believes Uncle Sam’s servicemen still have an interest in football, if they are half-way around the world and waging a jungle war.