by Desmond Wilcox
The characters we know from fiction who still live on today. 4: The Football Coach
He punches photographers, attacks referees, curses and pummels his players. He has even blacked his own eyes while in a rage. He s the most colourful figure in American sport today. Woody Hayes is coach to the Ohio State University football team, The Buckeyes. He believes in only one thing - winning.
College football in America today is big business. Top teams, like
The Buckeyes, pack stadiums wherever they play and are followed by millions on television.
WOODY HAYES may be a man of tyrannical rages but he still produces winning teams and puts more players into pro-football than any other single college. He works a seven-day week, 52 weeks a year. Football is his life. He's 65 now and no one can really believe he will ever retire.
Historical adviser
PROFESSOR MARCUS CUNLIFFE
Executive producer ABAM CLAPHAM Producer IAN SHARP