Football a boost for Oakwood volunteer coach George Stavnitski

Posted Oct 30, 2008
One is a senior in high school. The other is a senior citizen. One is still growing into his teenage body. The other has just come off his second hip replacement surgery. Joey Lefforge is just 17. George Stavnitski is 74. Stavnitski is the former center and co-captain of the UNC football team — a guy who knocked helmets with the likes of Duke's Sonny Jurgensen and Notre Dame's Paul Hornung — and now is a volunteer coach for the Lumberjacks. (Dayton Daily News)

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