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Bert Coan
No. 26, 23, 33
Position:Halfback
Personal information
Born: (1940-07-02) July 2, 1940 (age 84)
Career information
College:Texas Christian
Kansas
NFL draft:1962 / round: 7 / pick: 85
(By the Washington Redskins)
AFL draft:1962 / round: 14 / pick: 105
(By the Oakland Raiders)
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Rushing att-yards:285-1,259
Receptions-yards:39-367
Touchdowns:19
Stats at Pro Football Reference Edit this at Wikidata

Elroy Bert Coan III (born July 2, 1940 in Timpson, Texas)[1] is a former American football player. He is most notable because of his extraordinary speed (9.4 in the 100-yard dash) and size (6'4", 215 lbs) and because he was the central figure in a dispute over the 1960 college football game between the University of Kansas Jayhawks and the University of Missouri Tigers, the second-longest-running rivalry in college football (known as the "Border War"). Coan played for Kansas - and helped the Jayhawks win the 1960 game by a score of 23-7 over Missouri, then-ranked #1. But later, the Big 8 declared Coan ineligible, due to a recruiting violation by Bud Adams while Coan was still at Texas Christian University (TCU)[2] and the game was forfeited. Missouri (and the Big 8) considers the 1960 game a victory for Missouri, while Kansas (and the NCAA) count the game as a Kansas victory. Ever since, the two universities have disputed the overall win-loss record in the long-running series.[3]

Coan went on to play in 72 games in seven seasons in the American Football League; the first season with the San Diego Chargers, and the rest with the Kansas City Chiefs.

  • Ryan Wood (November 20, 2004). "Halfback Coan at center of debate between rivals". Lawrence Journal-World. Retrieved 2008-10-20.

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