Ernest Lamar Sarra (September 11, 1904 – May 24, 1995) was an

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and

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player and coach. Sarra was a prominent

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for coach Tom Sebring's

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team, captain of the 1926 team. He was a three-year football star and played four seasons of basketball. Sarra was then the coach of the Plant Panthers in the 1930s. He was once chairman of the governor's committee on school building construction. He played high school football at Gainesville High under

Rex Farrior Jewel Rex Farrior Sr. (October 5, 1896 – January 17, 1993) was an American college football and baseball player and coach for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida, as well as a lawyer. He became a founding partner in a prominent Tam ...

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