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'His legacy will live on' ; Coach won a pair of MAC titles at Miami University, where his No. 42 football jersey is retired.
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Dayton Daily News
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July 2, 2008
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OXFORD -- John Pont, perhaps the most honored man in the history
of Miami University football, died at his home in Oxford on Tuesday,
July 1, at the age of 80.
Pont's career spanned five decades and two continents, but his
best days were at Miami, where he became the first player to have
his football jersey number (42) retired, and at Indiana University,
where he was named national coach of the year in 1967 for leading
the Hoosiers to the Rose Bowl.
"Miami University lost one of its great ambassadors with the
passing of Coach Pont," Miami head football coach Shane Montgomery
said. "His legacy will live on."
That legacy includes three spectacular seasons as a Miami
halfback and 22 years of ...
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