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Don Daly, captain of the All-Ohio Valley Conference team in 1951 and a member of the 1954 undefeated Tangerine Bowl team, was an All-American halfback for coach Glenn Presnell. He still holds the Eastern single game rushing record for longest run from scrimmage – 97 yards versus Morehead in 1951.
He was holder of EKU’s 100 yard dash record (:9.8) until two of his students broke his mark in 1963 with :9.7 timings.
Upon graduating from EKU in 1955, he served two years in the Marine Corps as a Lieutenant. In 1956, while playing for the Quantico Marines, he was named to the All-Marine Corps first team.
Daly received his master’s degree in education from Eastern in 1958 and was named head track and assistant football coach at EKU in 1960, a position he held through 1965 when he was named head football coach at Dade City High School in Florida.
From there, he moved to Norwood, Ohio, where he held the position of head football coach and track coach at Norwood High School from 1966-73.
