While on a scouting trip for the Steelers in April 1948, Sutherland was found in his car in Bandana, Kentucky, where he was experiencing confusion and was then taken to a hospital in Cairo, Illinois, where he was initially diagnosed with "nervous exhaustion".
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After years of struggling with the University for sustained financial support, Sutherland resigned in 1938 because the school's Chancellor, John Gabbert Bowman, instituted a policy of de-emphasis for the football program, eliminating athletic scholarships, student athlete stipends, and the recruiting funds.
Joan Sutherland | Donald Sutherland | Sutherland | Kiefer Sutherland | Duke of Sutherland | Jock Sutherland | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | Nadine Sutherland | Jock Stein | Jock Ewing | Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland | Sutherland's Law | Jock | Graham Sutherland | Sutherland, New South Wales | Richard K. Sutherland | Jock Haston | George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland | Evans & Sutherland | Dani Sutherland | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | Clan Sutherland | Christy Sutherland | Alyssa Sutherland | A. Edward Sutherland | Tui T. Sutherland | Tom Sutherland | Sutherland Falls | Reuben Sutherland | Margaret Sutherland |
Lafayette football has produced and nurtured several legendary football personalities, such as George Barclay, inventor of the football helmet, and Jock Sutherland, legendary coach of the Pittsburgh Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers.