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Hap Perry
basketball coach
- March 30, 1896 · Ansonville
- January 24, 1986 · Hillsborough County
- 89 years
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|Lindsay Jackson "Happy" Perry Sr. (March 30, 1896 – January 24, 1986) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Elon University from 1946 to 1947, compiling a record of 8–11–1. He graduated from Elon in 1923, with a Bachelor of Arts degree. His hometown was Wingate, North Carolina.
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