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    UNT community remembers football great Abner Haynes after his death at age of 86

    By Brett Vito Staff Writer,

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    North Texas Hall of Fame running back Abner Haynes, left, talks with UNT President Neal Smatresk during the school’s dedication of Unity Plaza in 2022. Haynes died Thursday at the age of 86. UNT athletics

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    Ken Bahnsen was standing with the North Texas freshman football team’s bus driver before a game against Navarro College in Corsicana in 1956 when the challenge two of his young stars would face that season came into focus.

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    Buy Now Abner Haynes, left, and Leon King broke the color barrier at North Texas.  DRC file photo
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