Freddie Lynn "Fred" Haynes (March 29, 1946 -- November 5, 2006) was, despite his relatively small physical size, a star American football player for the Louisiana State University Tigers from 1966-1968, having climaxed his three-season career by successfully quarterbacking both the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans and the Peach Bowl in Atlanta in calendar year 1968. Because of his stature and weight, he did not play professionally after college but ente...
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Freddie Lynn "Fred" Haynes (March 29, 1946 -- November 5, 2006) was, despite his relatively small physical size, a star American football player for the Louisiana State University Tigers from 1966-1968, having climaxed his three-season career by successfully quarterbacking both the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans and the Peach Bowl in Atlanta in calendar year 1968. Because of his stature and weight, he did not play professionally after college but entered business in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Haynes was born in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, to Oscar Henry Haynes, Jr. (1920-1996), and the former Freddie Louise Walker (born 1924) of Ashland in northern Natchitoches Parish. Both his father and grandfather, Oscar Henry Haynes, Sr. (1888-1969), served as sheriff of Webster Parish. O.H., Sr., was in office from 1933-1952; O. H. Haynes, Jr., from 1964-1980. Haynes was named "Freddie" for his mother and "Lynn" for his maternal grandmother, Lynn Burns Walker (1889-1971)...
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