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ORRVILLE, Ohio — Signs that welcome people to Orrville— a town of about 9,000 in Wayne County— proudly point out that you're entering the hometown of legendary college basketball coach Bobby Knight.Knight, 83, passed away Wednesday surrounded by his family at his home in Bloomington, Indiana.
"I remember Coach Knight from the time I was a kid. My dad and him were pals so they hung around. I just remember him being bigger than life," Davault said. He infamously tossed a chair on the court during a 1985 game against Purdue. He was sometimes physical with his own players and he was fired from IU after grabbing a student on campus in 2000."That will be a different answer from so many different people," Handwerk said,"Certainly, he's a hometown hero. Not many people from a town this size go on to accomplish what they did, in anything, at their level," Handwerk said.
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