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1976 Press Photo Robert Jones Kettering football coach

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Caption: Robert Jon escoachCoach Robert Jones: "I'd hate too see my kids if we don't get to play . . .This would be like pushing them into the streets." The outside walls of Kettering, located in Detroit's east side, have beenn painted with the names of the different gangs on the east side, and Jones is worried about what will happen to many of his players if there won't be any sports this coming school year." "SOME OF THESE kids only come to school for football," he said. "They get a good self-image through sports. A.

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