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VanSurDam, Harry

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VanSurDam, Harry

August 21, 2026

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Henderson E. “Harry” VanSurdam, a football player, coach, musician, writer, and educator, was celebrated in Hoosick Falls, New York, on his 100th birthday in 1981 for a life that helped shape the founding of the University of Texas at El Paso. Born in Hoosick Falls and later returning there in…

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