Sports Heroes Who Served: Football Coach Recounts Lessons Learned in Army

Sports Heroes Who Served is a series that highlights the accomplishments of athletes who served in the U.S. military.

Louis "Lou" Leo Holtz has spent much of his life on the gridiron. From 1956 to 1957, he played football as a linebacker at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.

While at Kent State, he was also enrolled in Army ROTC and was commissioned in the Field Artillery Branch of the Army Reserve when he graduated.
 

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