Lee Royer

American football head coach

1938 – 1973

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Who was Lee Royer?

Harold Lee "Rock" Royer was an American football coach best known for his role as the father of Liberty University football. He was the school's first ever head coach before dying in a plane crash while caught up in tornadic winds in his Cherokee 6 on November 20, 1973. He also was a noted Baptist evangelist and was known in collegiate football circles as "Coach Born Again".

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Born
1938
Died
Nov 20, 1973
Conecuh County

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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