Ted Marchibroda (left), the NFL's Coach of the Year in 1975, and Rolland "Bay" Lawrence, an All-Pro cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons in the 1970s, chat during a sports banquet at the Voyager on Liberty Street. The News-Herald noted in a Feb. 28, 1976, tab honoring Marchibroda that he and Lawrence both hailed from Franklin's Third Ward with their family homes less than two blocks apart.
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