Emory Bellard, creator of wishbone, dies

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    Emory Bellard, a former Texas A&M and Mississippi State coach credited with developing the wishbone offense when he was an assistant at Texas, has died. He was 83.

    Cathy Capps, director of the Texas A&M Lettermen's Association, said Bellard died early Thursday at a care facility in Georgetown in Central Texas. She said Bellard had Lou Gehrig's disease.

    Bellard was on Darrell Royal's staff at Texas in 1968 when the Longhorns developed a multiple running back formation that came to be known as the wishbone.

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