Van Heflin has died

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Van Heflin has died

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He was Vanderbilt's first black QB to start consistently for the Commodores back in the late 1970s (1978 and 1979).

RIP Van.


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In 1978 he threw three touchdown passes in Tuscaloosa against the Bear Bryant-coached Alabama team that won the national championship.
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Heart attack at 62.
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I think he moved to tailback for the 1979 season and did pretty well. Sorry to see him gone. We won't forget him. Hey, he handed off the ball to Frank Mordica in that record-setting Mordica rushing game in 78. Crazy that both of them are gone now.
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