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Gnd legend key went from silver screen to golden age
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Grid legend key went from silver screen New Orleans to golden age	August	14,2002
By RON BROCATO
Gemon Brown watched intently from a second story window as a group of young boys played touch football in the grassy area that filled the center of Jesuit’s horseshoe-shaped school.
The legendary coach liked what he saw in one tall, gangly kid who ran like a deer.
When play concluded, the coach called to the boy. He asked him, “Where do you go to school, son?”
“Beauregard Junior High,” was the reply, to which Brown posed the big question, “How would you like to play football as a student at Jesuit?”
The lad, Oliver Joseph Key, sadly informed the coach his parents were not together and that he would not be able to afford tuition at a Catholic school. Brown patted him on the shoulder, “Don’t worry about that.”
		
		
O.J. KEY is happy in the peaceful surroundings of his Mariners Village condo, far away from the glitter of Hollywood. (Photo by Ron Brocatc		)
Like most athletes around the city at the time, Key was held back one year and by the time he was graduated in the spring of 1941, the six-foot, 193-pound O.J. Key was the best prep football player in Louisiana.
At the start of his senior season, Brown had two local football minds - Lester Lautenschlaeger and Ike Carriere - install a new offense ... the single wing. The three worked with Key in City Park during the summer to teach him the art of running, passing and punting from a deep set position. The results were devastating to Blue Jay opponents.
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