Dr. George Buford "Coach" Lewis Obituary

Dr. George Buford "Coach" Lewis was faculty at Fordson High School in Dearborn, MI. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Dr. George Buford "coach" Lewis.

School Role	Faculty
Date of Passing	Mar 06, 1991
About	Birth: Aug. 1, 1928 North Carolina, USA Death: Mar. 6, 1991 Garden City Wayne County Michigan, USA George Lewis was Fordson's Head football coach and Athletic Director for Dearborn Fordson High School from 1967-1985 in Dearborn, MI. His record as an assistant and head coach: 139 wins, 53 losses. Jeff Stergalas, who took the Fordson reigns after Coach Jestice's departure is now the head coach at Riverview. Stergalas played his high school football there and was on the coaching staff in 1981 when he took a teaching job at Fordson and signed on as an assistant to Jestice. "When I played at Riverview, we were in the same league as Fordson... ," said Stergalas. "All you heard about back then was Charlie Jestice and George Lewis (the Fordson great who brought Jestice onto the staff from Monroe in 1963). Lewis was the descripiton of the word gentleman from the word go. He was born in Cherry Vale, North Carolina and played for the University of North Carolina in the the early 50's. Dr. Lewis was loved by his family and those privileged to know him.He was also loved by the State of Michigan Football Coach's Association, by being elected in 1987 to their Hall of Fame. He received his Doctorate from the University Of Michigan, and his son Kirk played on the 1976 Rosebowl Team of Michigan and was Captain. His fishing buddy was Don Canham, former Athletic Director of the University of Michigan. He had been also a close friend of Bo Shembechler, who he vistied in 1990, religiously every couple of days in the hospital after an near fatal heart attack. When his son played for Michigan, he bacame friends with him, and Bo came to his funeral in 1991. He would of been very modest about his friendship with Bo and claim he knew him and not too well. That was the type of man he was. Burial: Evergreen Cemetery Detroit Wayne County Michigan, USA Find A Grave Memorial# 8346948