“He will go down as the greatest football
coach in the history of the game.”
-Ohio State Coach, Urban Myers
Today college football fans, family and friends had received shocking news of the death of a legend, not only a legend but also a father figure to a group of young adults. College football has lost one of their longest running head coaches with a total of 61 years in the NCAA division at Penn State, wining two national championships and leading the Nittany Lions to wining 409 games also coaching over 250 players that were later drafted to the NFL after their college season. On January 22nd, 2012, the college football community had lost their beloved Joe Paterno, known to many as "JoePa" who suffered from lung cancer.
Despite
being fired from the Penn State sports program for being a part of child sex
abuse scandal, Paterno holds a legacy with the Penn State Nittany Lion’s that
will be hard to replace. Inside a Pennsylvania hospital, where Paterno was
surrounded by family members before his passing, doctors confirmed that his
cancer was spreading which led to complications that caused the death of
Paterno, even though this cancer was treatable, it finally caught up to
Paterno.
Joe
Paterno will not be remembered by the child sex abuse scandal, but will be
remembered by his football legacy that he will be leaving behind back at Penn
State. Not Only did Paterno leave behind a football legacy and make Penn State
a better university, he ensured that his football players were successful on the
field and successful in the real world. Paterno will be greatly missed by the
Penn State and football community.
ESPN.com, (2012). Joe Paterno, 85, Dies in State College. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7489238/joe-paterno-ex-penn-state-nittany-lions-coach-dies-85-2-month-cancer-fight Retrieved on Oct 18th, 2014.Facebook Status Update:
“His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be
filled.” – The Paterno Family
To my college football fans, today we have lost one of our longest running coaches Joe Paterno. Paterno leaves behind a legacy that touched many outside of the Penn State/football community. I send my prayers out to his family and friends. He will surely be missed. R.I.P. Joepa!
Joe Paterno (1962-2012)
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