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Born | July 2, 1940 | ||
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Year(s) | 1962–1968 | ||
NFL Draft | 1962 / Round: 7 / Pick: 85 (By the Washington Redskins) |
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AFL Draft | 1962 / Round: 14 / Pick: 105 (By the Oakland Raiders) |
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College | Texas Christian Kansas |
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Career stats | |||
Rushing att-yards | 285-1,259 | ||
Receptions-yards | 39-367 | ||
Touchdowns | 19 | ||
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Elroy Bert Coan III (born July 2, 1940 in Timpson, Texas)[1] is a former American football player. He is most notable because of his extraordinary speed (9.4 in the 100-yard dash) and size (6'4", 215 lbs) and because he was the central figure in a dispute over the 1960 college football game between the University of Kansas Jayhawks and the University of Missouri Tigers, the second-longest-running rivalry in college football (known as the "Border War"). Coan played for Kansas - and helped the Jayhawks win the 1960 game by a score of 23-7 over Missouri, then-ranked #1. But later, the NCAA declared Coan ineligible, due to a recruiting violation by Bud Adams while Coan was still at Texas Christian University (TCU)[2] and the game was forfeited. Missouri (and the NCAA) considers the 1960 game a victory for Missouri, while Kansas argues otherwise. Ever since, the two universities have disputed the overall win-loss record in the long-running series.[3]
Coan went on to play in 72 games in seven seasons in the American Football League; the first season with the San Diego Chargers, and the rest with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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