Virginia Frog
Active Member
I know there are many on this board who love the 2000 film "Remember The Titans" starring Denzel Washington as Herman Boone and Will Patton as Bill Yoast.
He was well-liked, loved by many and respected by just about everyone that met him.
I wanted to share this news with the Kf.c community.
Bill Yoast, assistant coach from T.C. Williams ‘Remember the Titans’ football team, dies at 94
Bill Yoast, a former high school football coach portrayed in the 2000 film “Remember the Titans” as an opponent of racism and a savvy on-field tactician, died Thursday at age 94 at an assisted living facility in Springfield, Va., his daughter, Dee Dee Fox confirmed. No cause of death was provided.
Yoast coached at T.C. Williams High in Alexandria, Va., from 1971 to 1996. He also coached track and field and golf in addition to football, where he led the Titans’ defense. The story of the team’s 1971 undefeated state championship season inspired the movie, in which Denzel Washington played head coach Herman Boone and Will Patton played Yoast.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...ns-football-team-dies/?utm_term=.1b597eaacc20
Also a more local write-up with more detail
https://thezebra.org/2019/05/24/bil...gendary-1971-titans-football-team-dies-at-95/
The film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_the_Titans
He was well-liked, loved by many and respected by just about everyone that met him.
I wanted to share this news with the Kf.c community.
Bill Yoast, assistant coach from T.C. Williams ‘Remember the Titans’ football team, dies at 94
Bill Yoast, a former high school football coach portrayed in the 2000 film “Remember the Titans” as an opponent of racism and a savvy on-field tactician, died Thursday at age 94 at an assisted living facility in Springfield, Va., his daughter, Dee Dee Fox confirmed. No cause of death was provided.
Yoast coached at T.C. Williams High in Alexandria, Va., from 1971 to 1996. He also coached track and field and golf in addition to football, where he led the Titans’ defense. The story of the team’s 1971 undefeated state championship season inspired the movie, in which Denzel Washington played head coach Herman Boone and Will Patton played Yoast.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...ns-football-team-dies/?utm_term=.1b597eaacc20
Also a more local write-up with more detail
https://thezebra.org/2019/05/24/bil...gendary-1971-titans-football-team-dies-at-95/
The film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_the_Titans
