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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Clarence L. ("Biggie") Munn, 66, football coach at Michigan State University from 1947 to 1953; of a stroke; in East Lansing, Mich. When "the Big Man" was hired in 1947, M.S.U.'s team was foundering. In the first game that Biggie coached, his Spartans were obliterated 55-0 by scornful rivals from the University of Michigan. Munn rallied, recruited his "brawn trust" and trained them so skillfully that they won 54 games, lost only nine and tied two in his six years as coach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 31, 1975 | 3/31/1975 | See Source »

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