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Forsaken Pirate:
The End of a Dream

©2002 Bonesville.net The Magazine

By Ron Cherubini

For Ed Emory, the years since his abrupt dismissal as East Carolina University’s head football coach have been painful, less because of the foggy details surrounding the firing, but more because of the perceptions that the events created about him as a person and as a Pirate.

It has always bothered Emory that some of the very people he holds in highest regard — ECU people — may perceive him in a way that is simply not the reality that is Ed Emory.

Many stories have been told about Emory’s dismissal in 1984. That he cheated and was let go for it. That the lawsuit Emory filed was intended to strike back at ECU.

For the most part, Emory has remained quiet about it — until now... Want to read more...? Click here...

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