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Bacon

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He has endorsed his own line of bacon... can someone write about this?

College career

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I decided to clarify paragraph pertaining to his college coaching career. The wording implied that he was an assistant at Texas El-Paso, but he was the head coach there for one season. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.156.121 (talk) 17:33, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Bum"

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How did he get the nickname, "Bum"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.136.45.91 (talk) 13:35, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Answer can be found here: Young, Matt (2021-02-11). "How Houston Oilers legend Bum Phillips really got his name". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2021-02-12 – via Beaumont Enterprise.
The short answer: He got stung by bumblebees as a kid. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:44, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Death

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He died during the big rivalry game between the two highschool teams he coached, seems too notable to not be mentioned 2603:8081:903:5BF0:90FF:35C5:9A07:9377 (talk) 01:38, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pre-World War II

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Need an “Early Life” section, before he went to Lamar! 2600:1011:B32D:BF50:79E8:4C5F:7D4F:985B (talk) 06:12, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]