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Eastern Kentucky Football legend Roy Kidd passes away at 91

Jack Pilgrim

Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

Legendary head coach Roy Kidd, a football icon in Kentucky and College Football Hall of Fame member, has died at the age of 91.

Inarguably the face of Eastern Kentucky University Football, Kidd played quarterback for the Colonels from 1950-53 before taking over as head coach from 1964 to 2002. In Richmond, the Corbin native racked up 314 career victories, good for second-most in NCAA Division I-AA/FCS history. He helped lead the Colonels to Division I-AA Football Championships in 1979 and 1982 while also finishing as runners-up in 1980 and 1981.