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Stick That In Your Pipe
Posted Aug 1, 2007 by Roy Cummings
Updated Aug 1, 2007 at 05:18 PM
LAKE BUENA VISTA – Tom Landry had his hat, that grey Fedora with the black band. Bill Belichick has his floppy sweat shirt, gray and tattered. And Larry Coyer has his pipe.
You won’t see the Bucs defensive line coach smoking it during games, but if you catch him before a game, after a game or at just about any other time of day, he’s likely to have that pipe going.
‘‘I started smoking it when I was in high school, back in 1970,’’ he said. ‘‘We didn’t have smoking regulations back then and we all smoked cigars. But our coach, Bob Cummings, hated the smell of those cigars.
‘‘So one day he got me a pipe. It was a corncob pipe. I haven’t put it down since, and that’s the truth. It’s like sucking your thumb, I guess. It’s something I’ve done for a long time.’‘
Coyer, 67, is clearly a rare breed. At a time when pipe smokers are few and far between, he said he believes he may be the only one in the NFL. He is not, however, the only one still involved in football.
Howard Schnellenberger, the coach at Florida International University, is a pipe smoker. So was an old friend of Coyer’s, Emory Ballard, the former coach at Texas A&M.
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Por (Ernie Withers) on August 01, 2007 (Suggest removal)
Roy if Larry at age 67 was still in High School in 1970 he was 30 years old. Are you sure he’s not suffering from some type of injury the Buccaneers are hiding, because he definitely is having a memory laspe?
Ha Ha Ha!!!
Suggest removalPor (Michael Harris) on August 02, 2007 (Suggest removal)
Way to go Coyer! That sets a great example for kids on: “How To Get Throat Cancer & And Poison Others With Second Hand Smoke.”
Suggest removalPor (Dave Taylor) on August 02, 2007 (Suggest removal)
Michael Harris you should lighten up a little bit. It is not like the guy asked for this article to be published about him smoking a pipe. He happens to smoke a pipe and the reporter asked him about it and he answered. Must be a slow news day…
Suggest removalPor (Matt Robillard) on August 02, 2007 (Suggest removal)
Good For him!!! Pipe smoking is a part of our history- One that would be a shame to watch die.
Suggest removalThere has yet to be substansive proof that pipe smoking is in anyway related to the tons of data on cigeretts we are constatly force fed. He’s 67 and still going strong. As I pipe smoker myself, we are still out there….we’re still going strong.
“I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgment in all human affairs.” Albert Einstein
Por (Al Dunhill) on August 02, 2007 (Suggest removal)
Harris, you have got to be kidding me. People like you are what’s wrong with America today. If the man wants to smoke a pipe, cigar, or cigarette, that is his choice. This is America, he doesn’t need you or anyone else rambling on with all that BS. Everyone knows smoking can harm your health. He is an adult, let him make his choices, and you should mind your own business.
Suggest removalPor (D Paulson) on August 02, 2007 (Suggest removal)
Hey, I’m glad he enjoys it! I can think of few better ways to spend a day than with football and a pipe. I agree with Dave Taylor; Michael Harris, get off your soapbox. I promise you that the blood pressure spike that accompanied the typing of your message was worse for you than Larry Coyer’s pipe is for him.
Suggest removalPor (T Boson) on December 06, 2007 (Suggest removal)
Glad to see he’s 67 and still enjoying his pipe after 30 years. Michael Harris needs to stop listening to mainstream media and evangelizing mistruth. People of all ages get cancer whether they smoke or not, an lung cancer even if they’re not around second hand smoke. It’s still not proven concretely that smoking causes cancer. Until then, I’ll still look forward to and enjoy the aroma of a pipe even though I don’t smoke. And there are plenty of people young and old smoking pipes these days. Go Bucs!
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