Leader Of 1968 Bucke Dies

Doug Adams, a linebacker on Ohio State’s 1968 national championship football team, who later played for the Cincinnati Bengals, was killed when a vehicle struck him while he rode his bicycle.

The accident occurred Saturday on state Route 32 in eastern Brown County.

Adams, 48, of Georgetown, Ohio, was one of the co-captains of the Buckeyes in 1970 along with Rex Kern, Jan White and Jim Stillwagon.

Adams played for the Bengals from 1971-74.

During Adams three years at Ohio State, the Buckeyes posted a 27-2 record, finished No. 1 in the polls following the 1968 season and won two Big Ten championships.

Roy Chipman, the coach who took the Pitt Panthers into Big East basketball and had a 102-76 record in six seasons, has died of cancer. He was 58.