RIP Harry K. Fry

**imported_fred** · May 20th, 2006, 11:17 PM

The Legend of Legion, The Silver Fox, GC's 1st Hall of Famer, great Coach, BUT most of all one of the BEST men I have ever know, has passed away. I played for him in the 60s, coached for him in the 70s and 80s, and will miss him greatly. May God's grace be sufficient to Lou and Keener and the rest of the family. And to Coach, I say "So long, to a true friend and mentor." Godspeed.

**Unchained** · May 21st, 2006, 12:09 AM

Add another to the list of great football men that we have lost this year. Thoughts and prayers to the folks from GC (been a rough few weeks)

**imported_GC_Quincy** · May 21st, 2006, 12:28 AM

Sad news for Gate City. I have a video from a pre-season football banquet from the mid 90's that I still watch every year right before season starts. He was hilarious on there. We lost another great man, not just a great coach. He will be missed. I promise ya he saw a familiar face when he walked thru the gates. Godspeed coach. We'll miss ya.

**imported_broady** · May 21st, 2006, 12:53 AM

"It's just a good little ol' country town," said Harry Fry, who has lived in Gate City since 1953 and coached the Blue Devils' football team for 29 years. "It's good folks. I wouldn't live anyplace else for nothing. Now we get a little gossip here and there, you know. But everybody loves everybody come Friday night."

On Friday nights in the fall, football is king in Gate City, a town of about 5,000 residents located in the southwesternmost reaches of Virginia, five miles from the Tennessee border.

All the stores in town shut down early. Blue Devils fans, more than 5,000 of them on most nights, pack the stands an hour before kickoff.

"This is a football town," Fry said. "Everybody in town is interested in football--men, women, babies, children.

"It's a full house an hour before the ball game, been that way for years. It's wild, everybody whooping it up, chawing at the bit, waiting for the game."

A great quote by a great man and well loved by all that knew him. We all know that our tradation started by Coach Fry. This is a sad year in Gate City with all that was lost. I know he is chawing it up with Tom & Toby on the streets of gold. RIP COACH

**imported_GC1** · May 21st, 2006, 07:58 AM

Another sad day in Gate City. A great Coach but even more a great person. May the Lord comfort Coach's family. The season opener, and the season as a whole, will be an emotional one in GC this fall with the losses of 2 fine men we've had who will be greatly missed.

May 21st, 2006, 08:57 AM

Another great coach and great person gone.

To all the folks in GC you are in our thoughts and prayers.

As is the family of Coach Fry.

This has been a hard year, we all have lost many great people, who influenced many. Using a simple idea, of being true to who they were and showing the love and caring to what they cared about.

I'd say Tom, Toby and Coach Fry are talking Friday Nights Already.

May 21st, 2006, 09:39 AM

Another good man gone. My heart goes out to Gate City and their fans.

**imported_TheGMan** · May 21st, 2006, 02:39 PM

RIP Coach Fry...God's building one heckuva coaching staff in Heaven (Carlock, Turner, Fry)...

**SWVA-Football** · May 21st, 2006, 05:19 PM

Jeez... 2006 really sucks.

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**89bluedevil** · May 21st, 2006, 06:07 PM

Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity to meet Coach Fry. However, you could not have grown up around Gate City athletics and not have known how respected he was by the community. The pride the town takes in their high school athletics still today is probably a result of Coach Fry. My condolences to his family.