Fred Haynes
Encyclopedia
Freddie Lynn "Fred" Haynes (March 29, 1946—November 5, 2006) was an American football
player for the Louisiana State University
Tigers
from 1966–1968, having climaxed his three-season career by successfully quarterback
ing both the Sugar Bowl
in New Orleans and the Peach Bowl in Atlanta
in calendar year 1968. Because of his stature and weight, he did not play professionally after college but entered business in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
.
, the seat of Webster Parish
in northwestern Louisiana
, to Oscar Henry Haynes, Jr.
(1920–1996), and the former Freddie Louise Walker (born 1924) of Ashland
in northern Natchitoches Parish. Both his father and grandfather, Oscar Henry Haynes, Sr. (1888–1969), served as sheriff
of Webster Parish. O.H., Sr., was in office from 1933–1952; O. H. Haynes, Jr., from 1964-1980. Haynes was named "Freddie" for his mother and "Lynn" for his maternal grandmother, Lynn Burns Walker (1889–1971). Haynes' father was also the Esso
(later Exxon
) distributor in Webster Parish.
Haynes graduated from Minden High School
in 1964. He was a class officer
each year of high school and played both offense
and defense in football
. He returned kickoffs
and punts
. In his senior year, Haynes scored sixteen touchdown
s. For three years he started
at quarterback and defensive back
. He earned All-District designation in his junior year and both All-District and All-State in his senior year. He quarterbacked the team that went undefeated and won the AA state championship, 28-21, on December 6, 1963, over the strong competition from the combined census-designated place
s Larose
and Cut Off
in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux
in south Louisiana. The game, played in the Minden stadium, climaxed Minden's first ever perfect football season and its fourth state grid championship. Haynes received the Joe Oliphant Award in both 1963 and 1964, an honor named for a late Minden coach, athletic director, and teacher. He was selected the "most valuable back" for three years, and he was a Louisiana State Football All-Star in his senior year. Haynes' father had also been a star Minden football player.
, with a .400 batting average
. He was All-District his freshman year. He started playing American Legion
baseball at the age of fourteen and hit a consistent .400 plus for four years.
He lettered for two years in basketball
and three years in track
. He was All-State in track for two years. The Minden track team won its first state championship in 1964, with senior Fred Haynes leading the way. He won numerous awards and was offered many track scholarships.
In high school he earned a total of twelve letters
in various sports. He received offers of scholarships from many universities, but accepted his most preferred choice, LSU in Baton Rouge.
because he was too short and too light in weight. In the Southwest Conference, "Little General" Haynes, as he was affectionally called, led LSU to consecutive victories in 1967 over Texas A&M University
in College Station
, Rice University
in Houston
, and Baylor University
in Waco
. That was the same year that his father was elected to a second term as sheriff. Coach Charles McClendon
, in relying on Haynes as quarterback, said that duplication of the 1967 success in passing would be LSU's goal for 1968.
Haynes led LSU in total offense
. He averaged 142.7 yards a game on 67 offensive plays and completed 20 of 30 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown. Against Baylor, he moved the Tigers to four touchdowns. In October 1966, he first quarterbacked the Tigers after Nelson Stokely was injured in the September 24 game with the Rice Owls
of Houston
, Texas
.
Haynes gained national attention when Sports Illustrated
published an article entitled "The Littlest Tiger". At the time of his passing, Haynes still held the LSU record for the most rushing yards as a quarterback. He holds this record even though he missed the last four games of his career because of a hand injury. On New Years Day, 1968, he quarterbacked the 34th Sugar Bowl, when LSU defeated the University of Wyoming
at Laramie
, 20-13. He also played in the Peach Bowl held in Atlanta
on December 30, 1968, when LSU defeated Florida State University
at Tallahassee
, by a score of 31-27.
A Baton Rouge newspaper once described Haynes as "the quarterback who looks like a choir boy." Despite his success in sports, Haynes was said to have been a modest man who downplayed his success. His starting quarterback record for 1966 was 5-4-1; 1967, 7-3-1, and 1968, 8-3-0. He graduated from LSU in 1969 with a degree in education
but entered the pharmaceutical
sales business after college graduation.
The late Juanita Agan, a Haynes family friend and a columnist for the Minden Press-Herald
, wrote in October 2006 that Haynes was probably the most successful all-round athlete to come from Minden, although the city also produced a star of the former Houston Oilers
, Charles T. "Charlie" Hennigan
(born 1935). And David Lee
, who grew up less than a mile from Haynes, played for the former Baltimore Colts
from 1966–1978 and won the National Football League
punting title on multiple occasions.
In addition to his mother, Haynes was survived by two daughters from his first marriage to Jeanette Marie "Jan" Headstream (born 1950) of Minden, Elizabeth "Beth" Haynes of Baton Rouge and Nicole Haynes Lundy (born 1974) and her husband Scott E. Lundy of Dayton
, Ohio
; a daughter, Darby Lynn Haynes (born 1981), from his second marriage to the Baton Rouge native, Mary Ann Spencer (born 1954); a two-week old grandson, Garrett Scott Lundy; three brothers, Oscar Henry Haynes, III (born 1943), and his wife Deborah B. Haynes (born 1945), Jerry Wayne Haynes (born 1951) and his wife Angela Joan Brumfield Haynes (born 1952), and Gary Walker Haynes and his wife Sarah Modisette Haynes (both born 1961), all of Minden; six nephews, three nieces, four great-nephews, and four great-nieces.
Services were held at the First Baptist Church in Minden on November 8, with the Reverends Wayne L. DuBose, Bill Crider, and Bill Ichter officiating. Burial was in Minden Cemetery
in the Haynes-Walker family plot in the north section of the cemetery. Pallbearers were former Minden teammates or classmates Mike Brewer, Ronnie Brown, Dennis McClure, Stan Belton, Carl Shaw, Bobby Ashley, Dr. Richard Campbell, Lane Davidson, and Bobby Walker. Honorary pallbearers included his former Minden High School coach, Steve Jordan of Shreveport, Tom Alley, D.V.M., of Minden, and former coaches and teammates from Minden High School, LSU, and Lakeside High School in south Webster Parish, where Haynes did some coaching in his later years.
The following anonymous poem was printed in a Baton Rouge newspaper at the height of Haynes' success as an LSU player:
He’s only 5’9” or 10
Statistics tell us all;
But Mr. Freddie plays to win
Like he is ten feet tall.
No man is ever measured by
The feet or inches part;
But by the spirit that the “guy”
Has in his fighting heart—
And if he isn’t tall enough
To touch the Moon, afar;
He may become, when things get rough,
A most outstanding star
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player for the Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
Tigers
LSU Tigers football
The LSU Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Tigers or Bayou Bengals, represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States in NCAA Division I FBS college football. Current head coach Les Miles has led the team since 2005. Since 1999 when Nick Saban took over as...
from 1966–1968, having climaxed his three-season career by successfully quarterback
Quarterback
Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...
ing both the Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Sugar Bowl has been played annually since January 1, 1935, and celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 2, 2009...
in New Orleans and the Peach Bowl in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
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in calendar year 1968. Because of his stature and weight, he did not play professionally after college but entered business in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...
.
Early life
Haynes was born in MindenMinden, Louisiana
Minden is a city in the American state of Louisiana. It serves as the parish seat of Webster Parish and is located twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish. The population, which has been stable since 1960, was 13,027 at the 2000 census...
, the seat of Webster Parish
Webster Parish, Louisiana
Webster Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The seat of the parish is Minden. In 2010, its population was 41,207....
in northwestern Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, to Oscar Henry Haynes, Jr.
O. H. Haynes, Jr.
Oscar Henry Haynes, Jr., known as O.H. Haynes , was the Democratic sheriff of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana from 1964-1980. He was also the parish Exxon distributor for some four decades...
(1920–1996), and the former Freddie Louise Walker (born 1924) of Ashland
Ashland, Louisiana
Ashland is a village located in the northernmost portion of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was incorporated in 1963. A few residences and a convenience store to the north spill over into neighboring Bienville Parish. The population was 291 at the 2000 census...
in northern Natchitoches Parish. Both his father and grandfather, Oscar Henry Haynes, Sr. (1888–1969), served as sheriff
Sheriff
A sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
of Webster Parish. O.H., Sr., was in office from 1933–1952; O. H. Haynes, Jr., from 1964-1980. Haynes was named "Freddie" for his mother and "Lynn" for his maternal grandmother, Lynn Burns Walker (1889–1971). Haynes' father was also the Esso
Esso
Esso is an international trade name for ExxonMobil and its related companies. Pronounced , it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. In 1972, it was largely replaced in the U.S. by...
(later Exxon
Exxon
Exxon is a chain of gas stations as well as a brand of motor fuel and related products by ExxonMobil. From 1972 to 1999, Exxon was the corporate name of the company previously known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey or Jersey Standard....
) distributor in Webster Parish.
State championship in high school
Minden High School (Minden, Louisiana)
Minden High School is the public secondary educational institution in Minden, a small city of 13,000 and the seat of Webster Parish located twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana...
in 1964. He was a class officer
Student council
Student council is a curricular or extra-curricular activity for students within elementary and secondary schools around the world. Present in most public and private K-12 school systems across the United States, Canada and Australia these bodies are alternatively entitled student council, student...
each year of high school and played both offense
Offense (sports)
In sports, offense or offence , also known as attack, is the action of attacking or engaging an opposing team with the objective of scoring points or goals...
and defense in football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
. He returned kickoffs
Kickoff (American football)
A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in American football and Canadian football. Typically, a kickoff consists of one team – the "kicking team" – kicking the ball to the opposing team – the "receiving team"...
and punts
Punt (football)
In some codes of football, a punt is a play in which a player drops the ball and kicks it before it touches the ground. A punt is in contrast to a drop kick, in which the ball touches the ground before being kicked....
. In his senior year, Haynes scored sixteen touchdown
Touchdown
A touchdown is a means of scoring in American and Canadian football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone.-Description:...
s. For three years he started
Starting lineup
A starting lineup in sports is an official list of the set of players who will actively participate in the event when the game begins. The players in the starting lineup are commonly referred to as starters, whereas the others are substitutes or bench players.The starters are commonly the best...
at quarterback and defensive back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
. He earned All-District designation in his junior year and both All-District and All-State in his senior year. He quarterbacked the team that went undefeated and won the AA state championship, 28-21, on December 6, 1963, over the strong competition from the combined census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
s Larose
Larose, Louisiana
Larose is a census-designated place in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,306 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
and Cut Off
Cut Off, Louisiana
Cut Off is a census-designated place on the Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,635 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area...
in Lafourche Parish near Thibodaux
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Thibodaux is a small city in and the parish seat of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States, along the banks of Bayou Lafourche in the northwestern part of the parish. The population was 14,431 at the 2000 census. Thibodaux is a principal city of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux...
in south Louisiana. The game, played in the Minden stadium, climaxed Minden's first ever perfect football season and its fourth state grid championship. Haynes received the Joe Oliphant Award in both 1963 and 1964, an honor named for a late Minden coach, athletic director, and teacher. He was selected the "most valuable back" for three years, and he was a Louisiana State Football All-Star in his senior year. Haynes' father had also been a star Minden football player.
Other athletic activities
Haynes also lettered for four years in baseballBaseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, with a .400 batting average
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
. He was All-District his freshman year. He started playing American Legion
American Legion
The American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
baseball at the age of fourteen and hit a consistent .400 plus for four years.
He lettered for two years in basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and three years in track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
. He was All-State in track for two years. The Minden track team won its first state championship in 1964, with senior Fred Haynes leading the way. He won numerous awards and was offered many track scholarships.
In high school he earned a total of twelve letters
Varsity letter
A varsity letter is an award earned in the United States for excellence in school activities. A varsity letter signifies that its winner was a qualified varsity team member, awarded after a certain standard was met.- Description :...
in various sports. He received offers of scholarships from many universities, but accepted his most preferred choice, LSU in Baton Rouge.
Haynes: "The Littlest Tiger"
The LSU Alumni News called Haynes the "mini-brute from Minden." The publication noted that Haynes did not impress scoutsScout (sport)
In professional sports, scouts are trained talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports and determining whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the scout's organization...
because he was too short and too light in weight. In the Southwest Conference, "Little General" Haynes, as he was affectionally called, led LSU to consecutive victories in 1967 over Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...
in College Station
College Station, Texas
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio...
, Rice University
Rice University
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States...
in Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, and Baylor University
Baylor University
Baylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
in Waco
Waco, Texas
Waco is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas. Situated along the Brazos River and on the I-35 corridor, halfway between Dallas and Austin, it is the economic, cultural, and academic center of the 'Heart of Texas' region....
. That was the same year that his father was elected to a second term as sheriff. Coach Charles McClendon
Charles McClendon
Charles Youmans McClendon , also known as Charlie or "Cholly Mac," was an American football player and coach. He served at the head coach at Louisiana State University from 1962 to 1979. McClendon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1986.-Early years:McClendon was born on...
, in relying on Haynes as quarterback, said that duplication of the 1967 success in passing would be LSU's goal for 1968.
Haynes led LSU in total offense
Total offense
Total offense is an American football and Canadian football statistic representing the total number of yards rushing and yards passing by a team or player...
. He averaged 142.7 yards a game on 67 offensive plays and completed 20 of 30 passes for 249 yards and a touchdown. Against Baylor, he moved the Tigers to four touchdowns. In October 1966, he first quarterbacked the Tigers after Nelson Stokely was injured in the September 24 game with the Rice Owls
Rice Owls
The Rice University athletic teams are known as the Rice Owls. The name comes from the owls in Rice's crest.Rice participates in NCAA Division I athletics and is part of Conference USA. Rice was a member of the Southwest Conference until its breakup in 1996. Rice then joined the Western Athletic...
of Houston
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
.
Haynes gained national attention when Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
published an article entitled "The Littlest Tiger". At the time of his passing, Haynes still held the LSU record for the most rushing yards as a quarterback. He holds this record even though he missed the last four games of his career because of a hand injury. On New Years Day, 1968, he quarterbacked the 34th Sugar Bowl, when LSU defeated the University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
at Laramie
Laramie, Wyoming
Laramie is a city in and the county seat of Albany County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 30,816 at the . Located on the Laramie River in southeastern Wyoming, the city is west of Cheyenne, at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 287....
, 20-13. He also played in the Peach Bowl held in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
on December 30, 1968, when LSU defeated Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
at Tallahassee
Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...
, by a score of 31-27.
A Baton Rouge newspaper once described Haynes as "the quarterback who looks like a choir boy." Despite his success in sports, Haynes was said to have been a modest man who downplayed his success. His starting quarterback record for 1966 was 5-4-1; 1967, 7-3-1, and 1968, 8-3-0. He graduated from LSU in 1969 with a degree in education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
but entered the pharmaceutical
Pharmacy
Pharmacy is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs...
sales business after college graduation.
Later years
Twice divorced, Haynes left Baton Rouge in the mid-1990s and returned to his hometown of Minden to help with the care of his father, whose health began to decline. Having a degree in education, he also coached for a time in Webster Parish public schools. On the death of former Sheriff Haynes, Fred Haynes took care of his mother until his own health went into steep decline. After months of medical tests, hospitalizations, and nursing home care, Haynes died in Minden Medical Center of long-term esophageal and renal problems. Haynes lacked health insurance and was unable to qualify for Social Security disability coverage. Friends established a health fund in his name at the Minden Building and Loan Association.The late Juanita Agan, a Haynes family friend and a columnist for the Minden Press-Herald
Minden Press-Herald
The Minden Press-Herald is a Monday-Friday daily newspaper published in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, by Specht Newspapers, Inc...
, wrote in October 2006 that Haynes was probably the most successful all-round athlete to come from Minden, although the city also produced a star of the former Houston Oilers
Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...
, Charles T. "Charlie" Hennigan
Charlie Hennigan
Charles Taylor Hennigan, Sr., known as Charlie Hennigan , is a retired American football player with the former Houston Oilers who resides in Shreveport, Louisiana. Born in Bienville in Bienville Parish in north Louisiana, Hennigan grew up in nearby Minden, the seat of Webster Parish, located...
(born 1935). And David Lee
David Lee (Baltimore Colts)
David Allen Lee is a former American football punter for the former Baltimore Colts in the National Football League and subsequently retired from a career as a General Motors executive in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish, in northwestern Louisiana...
, who grew up less than a mile from Haynes, played for the former Baltimore Colts
History of the Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the AFC South division of the National Football League. They have won 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls....
from 1966–1978 and won the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
punting title on multiple occasions.
In addition to his mother, Haynes was survived by two daughters from his first marriage to Jeanette Marie "Jan" Headstream (born 1950) of Minden, Elizabeth "Beth" Haynes of Baton Rouge and Nicole Haynes Lundy (born 1974) and her husband Scott E. Lundy of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
; a daughter, Darby Lynn Haynes (born 1981), from his second marriage to the Baton Rouge native, Mary Ann Spencer (born 1954); a two-week old grandson, Garrett Scott Lundy; three brothers, Oscar Henry Haynes, III (born 1943), and his wife Deborah B. Haynes (born 1945), Jerry Wayne Haynes (born 1951) and his wife Angela Joan Brumfield Haynes (born 1952), and Gary Walker Haynes and his wife Sarah Modisette Haynes (both born 1961), all of Minden; six nephews, three nieces, four great-nephews, and four great-nieces.
Minden Cemetery
The Minden Cemetery, located in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana, United States, has graves dating from 1843, seven years after the founding of the city in 1836...
in the Haynes-Walker family plot in the north section of the cemetery. Pallbearers were former Minden teammates or classmates Mike Brewer, Ronnie Brown, Dennis McClure, Stan Belton, Carl Shaw, Bobby Ashley, Dr. Richard Campbell, Lane Davidson, and Bobby Walker. Honorary pallbearers included his former Minden High School coach, Steve Jordan of Shreveport, Tom Alley, D.V.M., of Minden, and former coaches and teammates from Minden High School, LSU, and Lakeside High School in south Webster Parish, where Haynes did some coaching in his later years.
The following anonymous poem was printed in a Baton Rouge newspaper at the height of Haynes' success as an LSU player:
He’s only 5’9” or 10
Statistics tell us all;
But Mr. Freddie plays to win
Like he is ten feet tall.
No man is ever measured by
The feet or inches part;
But by the spirit that the “guy”
Has in his fighting heart—
And if he isn’t tall enough
To touch the Moon, afar;
He may become, when things get rough,
A most outstanding star
External links
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- http://www.colts.com/sub.cfm?page=historyhighlights