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‘Glory Road’ hero Jerry Armstrong dies in Marshfield

February 12, 2021
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File photo–Battle of the big men: Eagleville native Jerry Armstrong, playing for Texas Western, goes up against an Iowa Hawkeye player in a 1966 game. Jerry’s team beat the University of Kentucky for the NCAA national championship later in the season.

Jerry Armstrong, who put Eagleville on the national sports map, passed away at his home in Mountain Grove, Mo., on Feb.4 following a long battle with cancer.

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