OSU Football Legend Passes Away

Dave Leggett, the Most Valuable Player in Ohio State's 1955 Rose Bowl win over Southern California that clinched a national championship, died Tuesday at the age of 79 after a long illness.Leggett helped coach Woody Hayes win his first national championship by passing for a touchdown, rushing for another, recovering a USC fumble and leading a 77-yard, fourth-quarter drive for the game-winning score. He played briefly in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals and in the Canadian Football League before working in investments and financial planning.

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.