  john hayden fry (born february 28, 1929) is a former american football player and coach. he played college football for baylor university. he served as the head coach at southern methodist university (1962â1972), north texas state university, now the university of north texas (1973â1978), and the university of iowa (1979â1998), compiling a career college football record of 232â178â10. he was inducted into the college football hall of fame as a coach in 2003. ==background== born in eastland, texas, hayden fry was descended from one of the texas first families; his great-great-grandfather fought beside general sam houston in the texas war of independence against santa anna in the battle of san jacinto. fry's family moved to odessa, texas, when he was eight years old. fry worked multiple jobs as a child to help his family through the great depression. he also played sports, partly to stay out of tro
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