Legendary baseball coach dies at 71
John Anderson, the winningest baseball coach in Big Ten Conference history and a member of the University of Minnesota program for nearly five decades, has died at age 71, his family announced.
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Gophers’ longtime baseball coach John Anderson dies at 71
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Former Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson dies at 71
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