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Jim LaRue

Jim LaRue

American football player and coach (1925–2015)

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Jim Elmer LaRue (August 11, 1925 – March 29, 2015) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Arizona from 1959 to 1966, compiling a record of 41–37–2. LaRue played six seasons of varsity football at three different schools: Carson–Newman College (1942), Duke University (1943–1944), and the University of Maryland, College Park (1947–1949).[1] He served as an assistant coach at the University of Houston, Wake Forest University, and with the Buffalo Bills and Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He was part of the Bears staff that won Super Bowl XX.[2] LaRue died on March 29, 2015, in Tucson, Arizona, aged 89, from undisclosed causes.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 7, 1959). "Key Games Are Early" (PDF). New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
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    "Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl". Los Angeles Times. 1986-01-27. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  3. [3]
    "Ex-Arizona coach Jim LaRue dies". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 30, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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