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Kohl, Harrison

August 20, 2026

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Harrison Kohl, the El Paso sports executive who transformed the Sun Bowl into a nationally prominent college football game, died in 1995 at age 82 after a long illness. Born in Mason City, Iowa, in 1913, he attended Drake University, where he was a championship track athlete, and later worked in…

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