About Don Salls
Don Salls, 101, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide) and coach (Jacksonville State Gamecocks).
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|Donald J. Salls (June 24, 1919 – January 2, 2021) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Jacksonville State University from 1946 to 1952 and from 1954 to 1964. He was a World War II veteran and a Purple Heart recipient. He died in January 2021 at the age of 101.
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