caption death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
gardner howard payne yearbook pictured in '' the lasso 1955 '' , 11 december 1980 bonham , texas 1953 & ndash ; 1955 idabel , oklahoma 18 & ndash ; 9 & ndash ; 2 howard payne 4723 football 18 march 1920 guy b gardner.jpg guy b. gardner
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guy b. gardner

guy burruss gardner -lrb- march 18 , 1920 -- december 11 , 1980 -rrb- was the eighth head football coach for the howard payne university yellow jackets located in brownwood , texas and he held that position for three seasons , from 1953 until 1955 .
his career coaching record at howard payne was 18 wins , 9 losses , and 2 ties .
as of the conclusion of the 2007 season , this ranks him tenth at howard payne in total wins and fifth at howard payne in winning percentage -lrb- .655 -rrb- .
he died after a long illness in 1980 .
