Coach Turnley Todd: Leadership Personified

I am joined on this podcast with an old friend, Eddie Jackson, during our sit down with our high school football coach, Turnley Todd.  Coach Todd grew up in Orange County, Va.  His college football was played at The University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He was drafted into the National Football League by the Green Bay Packers in the era of Paul Horning and Bart Starr and played under Coach Vince Lombardi.  A knee injury and subsequent surgery sidelined him for a bit until the Philadelphia Eagles called.  However, he could not honor his contract with the Eagles because he was already a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army through UVA's ROTC program.  The 1st Infantry Division of the U.S. Army needed him to serve as a lieutenant leading a platoon in Viet Nam...and the rest is history.  As a student and player of his and friend of his son's,  I was fortunate to be exposed to a tough, but fair, leadership style that helped hundreds of boys that played for him grow into young men.