Colorful player, coach Pepper Rodgers dies at age 88

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Pepper Rodgers, a colorful personality who helped Georgia Tech to an unbeaten season as a player in 1952 and went on to coach the Yellow Jackets as well as Kansas, UCLA and Memphis teams in both the USFL and CFL, died Thursday. A statement from his alma mater said Rodgers died in Reston, Virginia, where he lived after retiring from his final job as Washington's vice president of football operations in 2004. A quarterback and kicker, Rodgers was part of Georgia Tech teams that went 32-2-3, claimed two Southeastern Conference championships and won three major bowl games during his three years on the varsity.

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