Murray Warmath dies at 98

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    Murray Warmath, the football coach who led the Minnesota Gophers to a national championship and back-to-back Rose Bowls, has died at age 98.

    Warmath died Wednesday night in Bloomington of natural causes, the university said. The Gophers have not won a Big Ten title since Warmath led them to a share of the crown in 1967.

    "Murray Warmath is one of the great coaches and leaders in the history of Gopher sports, and indeed, intercollegiate athletics," Minnesota president Robert Bruininks said Thursday in a statement.

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