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| − | '''Freddie Lynn Haynes''', known as '''Fred Haynes''' (March 29, 1946 – November 5, 2006), was an [[United States|American]] [[football]] player for the [[Louisiana State University]] from 1966 to 1968, having climaxed his three-season career by successfully [[quarterback]]ing both the Sugar Bowl in [[New Orleans]] and the Peach Bowl in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], in calendar year 1968.<ref name>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=19872978|title=Freddie Lynn Haynes obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 7, 2006|accessdate=October 26, 2019}}</ref> | + | '''Freddie Lynn Haynes''', known as '''Fred Haynes''' (March 29, 1946 – November 5, 2006), was an [[United States|American]] [[football]] player for the [[Louisiana State University]] from 1966 to 1968, having climaxed his three-season career by successfully [[quarterback]]ing both the Sugar Bowl in [[New Orleans]] and the Peach Bowl in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], in calendar year 1968.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=19872978|title=Freddie Lynn Haynes obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=November 7, 2006|accessdate=October 26, 2019}}</ref> |
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| | Because of his stature and weight, he did not play professionally after college but entered business in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. | | Because of his stature and weight, he did not play professionally after college but entered business in the capital city of [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. |
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| | Haynes graduated in 1964 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]. He was a class officer each year of high school and played both offense and defense in football. He returned kickoffs and punts. In his senior year, Haynes scored sixteen [[touchdown]]s. For three years he started at quarterback and defensive back. He earned All-District designation in his junior year and both All-District and All-State in his senior year. He quarterbacked the team that went undefeated and won the AA state championship, 28-21, on December 6, 1963, over the strong competition from the combined Larose and Cut Off High School in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux in south Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> Played in the MHS stadium, since named for former principal and school superintendent, [[W. W. Williams, Sr.]], the state championship limaxed Minden's first ever perfect football season and its fourth state grid championship.<ref name=obit/> | | Haynes graduated in 1964 from [[Minden (Louisiana) High School]]. He was a class officer each year of high school and played both offense and defense in football. He returned kickoffs and punts. In his senior year, Haynes scored sixteen [[touchdown]]s. For three years he started at quarterback and defensive back. He earned All-District designation in his junior year and both All-District and All-State in his senior year. He quarterbacked the team that went undefeated and won the AA state championship, 28-21, on December 6, 1963, over the strong competition from the combined Larose and Cut Off High School in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux in south Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> Played in the MHS stadium, since named for former principal and school superintendent, [[W. W. Williams, Sr.]], the state championship limaxed Minden's first ever perfect football season and its fourth state grid championship.<ref name=obit/> |
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| − | Haynes received the Joe Oliphant Award in both 1963 and 1964, an honor named for Joe D. Oliphant (1910-1963), a Minden coach, athletic director, and educator. He was selected the "most valuable back" for three years, and he was a Louisiana State Football All-Star in his senior year. Haynes' father had also been a star Minden High School football player. | + | Haynes received the Joe Oliphant Award in both 1963 and 1964, an honor named for Joe D. Oliphant (1910-1963), a Minden coach, athletic director, and educator. He was selected the "most valuable back" for three years, and he was a Louisiana State Football All-Star in his senior year. Haynes' father had also been a star Minden High School football player.<ref name=jagan/> |
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| | ==Other athletic achievements== | | ==Other athletic achievements== |