Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Ex-OU, Patriots coach Chuck Fairbanks dead at 79 (Yahoo! Sports)

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 1979 file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw, left, talks with New England Patriots coach Chuck Fairbanks prior to the Pro Bowl football game in Los Angeles. Fairbanks, who coached Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens at Oklahoma and spent six seasons as coach of the New England Patriots, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Scottsdale, Ariz., after battling brain cancer, the University of Oklahoma said in a news release. He was 79. (AP Photo/Wally Fong, File)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Chuck Fairbanks, who coached Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens at Oklahoma and spent six seasons as coach of the New England Patriots, died Tuesday in Arizona after battling brain cancer. He was 79.


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