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My HS coach was Ray Baer, who played with Bennie Oosterbaan by ProV1x
at Michigan in the mid 20's. Oosterbaan was a three time All American and Ray made it once.
In the early 50's Ray taught us to stick our face into a runner's gut when making a head on tackle. He said it was better to break your nose or lose a few teeth than break your neck or maybe suffer a concussion. That was almost 70 years ago and we didn't have face masks or mouth pieces. Big hitter Poppa Bear! Poppa knew football.