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Herman Boone, Alexandria football coach immortalized in ‘Remember the Titans,’ dies at 84 | WTOP
Legendary high school football coach Herman Boone, who was famously portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie “Remember the Titans,” has died. He was 84.
A former principal of Alexandria’s T.C. Williams High School, John Porter, confirmed Boone’s passing to the school Wednesday.
Boone became the head coach at T.C. Williams in 1971, the same year that Alexandria, Virginia, consolidated all high schools, which had recently been integrated. That year, the T.C. Williams football team went undefeated, won a Virginia state championship and was national title runner-up.
The team’s success served as a beacon of unity, both for the school community and Alexandria.
Boone had been battling cancer, Aly Khan Johnson told The Associated Press. Johnson, who was an assistant coach for Boone beginning in 1972, had visited Boone regularly. Johnson told AP the coach died in his Alexandria home, and a funeral home operated by Johnson’s wife is handling the arrangements.
Not gonna lie, I had no idea Remember the Titans was based on an actual real person
Legendary high school football coach Herman Boone, who was famously portrayed by Denzel Washington in the movie “Remember the Titans,” has died. He was 84.
A former principal of Alexandria’s T.C. Williams High School, John Porter, confirmed Boone’s passing to the school Wednesday.
Boone became the head coach at T.C. Williams in 1971, the same year that Alexandria, Virginia, consolidated all high schools, which had recently been integrated. That year, the T.C. Williams football team went undefeated, won a Virginia state championship and was national title runner-up.
The team’s success served as a beacon of unity, both for the school community and Alexandria.
Boone had been battling cancer, Aly Khan Johnson told The Associated Press. Johnson, who was an assistant coach for Boone beginning in 1972, had visited Boone regularly. Johnson told AP the coach died in his Alexandria home, and a funeral home operated by Johnson’s wife is handling the arrangements.
Not gonna lie, I had no idea Remember the Titans was based on an actual real person
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