RUSTON – Louisiana Tech will bestow its top athletic honor on one of the greatest Bulldog football players in the program’s tradition-rich history when it retires the No. 70 worn by College and Pro Football Hall of Famer Fred Dean.
The ceremony will take place at halftime of the Sept. 2 season-opener against Northwestern State at Joe Aillet Stadium, the home field that Dean terrorized opposing ball carriers and quarterbacks during his extraordinary career (1971-74).
“We are so honored to be able to retire the number of one of the greatest players in the history of Louisiana Tech Athletics,” said Tech Athletics Director Tommy McClelland.