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Football founder, now 90, still keeps Eden Prairie on time

Curt Connaughty, the first football coach in Eden Prairie's history, still spends Friday nights in the fall giving to the program he started.

By Jim Paulsen

October 7, 2021 at 10:53PM
Curt Connaughty started the Eden Prairie football program in 1957 and was head coach until 1968. Now 90, he's still involved, running the game clock at every home game
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Jim Paulsen is a high school sports reporter for the Star Tribune. 

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