THE MECK REPORT --- THE MECK PODCAST: Bum Phillips, Colorful Football Coach, Dies at 90 - NYTimes.com - Frank Litsky - Phillips coached for 13 years in high schools and seven in colleges before a 17-year career in the National Football League. He was folksy, charismatic and stocky, with a square chin and a crew cut. On the sideline, he wore a leather coat, a wide-brimmed Stetson and shiny boots. As Dave Anderson wrote in 1981 in The New York Times: “Bum talked country and dressed Western. He always wore cowboy boots. He had two dozen pairs in his closet. All kinds: alligator, anteater, beaver, caribou, lizard, kangaroo. He even had some powder-blue boots to match the Oilers’ colors.”

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Bum Phillips, Colorful Football Coach, Dies at 90 - NYTimes.com - Frank Litsky - Phillips coached for 13 years in high schools and seven in colleges before a 17-year career in the National Football League. He was folksy, charismatic and stocky, with a square chin and a crew cut. On the sideline, he wore a leather coat, a wide-brimmed Stetson and shiny boots. As Dave Anderson wrote in 1981 in The New York Times: “Bum talked country and dressed Western. He always wore cowboy boots. He had two dozen pairs in his closet. All kinds: alligator, anteater, beaver, caribou, lizard, kangaroo. He even had some powder-blue boots to match the Oilers’ colors.”

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