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Sunday, October 23, 2011

It's a Lulu by Lulu Zhong, Courier Comics Editor
©2011 Lulu Zhong/Courier Comics
Z equals F by Christine Campa, Courier Comic Artist
Copyright 2011 Christine Campa/Courier Comics
From wikipedia:
John William Heisman (October 23, 1869 – October 3, 1936) was a prominent American football player and college football coach in the early era of the sport and is the namesake of the Heisman Trophy awarded annually to the season's best college football player.

Early life
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but grew up in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where he played football for Titusville High School, graduating in 1887. He went on to play football at Brown University 1887-1889 and at the University of Pennsylvania 1890-1891. He coached at Oberlin College in 1893, went to the University of Akron in 1894, and returned to Oberlin the next year. In 1895, he became the fifth coach at Auburn University, where he stayed for five years. With all these schools combined, he lost only five games.

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