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Lenoir-Rhyne football team members from the team that won the NAIA national championship in 1960, Marion Kirby, left, and, Dick Kemp. The two were roommates back then, with Richard Kemp a sophomore and Marion Kirby a freshman. The two visit each other at Kemp's home, Saturday, July 9, 2016, in High Point, N.C.
Kirby and Kemp have remained friends after college, uniquely bound by their experience of winning a national championship together. Kemp was drafted and likely would've had a good NFL career had he not blown out his knee (this was in an era when a knee injury spelled the end of your career). He went on to become a successful high-school coach, winning two state titles. Kirby, meanwhile, went straight into coaching and became a legend at Greensboro's Page High School, where he won four state title
JERRY WOLFORD and SCOTT MUTHERSBAUGH / Perfecta Visuals
Kirby and Kemp have remained friends after college, uniquely bound by their experience of winning a national championship together. Kemp was drafted and likely would've had a good NFL career had he not blown out his knee (this was in an era when a knee injury spelled the end of your career). He went on to become a successful high-school coach, winning two state titles. Kirby, meanwhile, went straight into coaching and became a legend at Greensboro's Page High School, where he won four state title
JERRY WOLFORD and SCOTT MUTHERSBAUGH / Perfecta Visuals

