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How A Texas Woman Saved High School Football ‘When The Men Were Gone’

Michael Hagerty

Posted on November 28, 2018 · Marjorie Herrera Lewis tells the true story of Tylene Wilson, who stepped up to coach the Brownwood football team during World War II.

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