After a serving a tour as a Navy submariner, Pont played professional football in Canada. He and several of his "Cradle of Coaches" compatriots are the subject of the book Fields of Honor, written by Pont's niece, Sally Pont. Pont died at his home in Oxford, Ohio on July 1, 2008.
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Schembechler spent five more years at Ohio State and became one of Hayes' most trusted assistants. During that time the two cemented their lifelong friendship. Schembechler was fond of recounting the number of times that Hayes "fired" him, only to send a graduate assistant to fetch him after tempers had calmed. Schembechler, Hayes, Parseghian, and several of their "Cradle of Coaches" compatriots are the subject of the book Fields of Honor, written by coach John Pont's niece, Sally Pont.
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During this crucial conflict, Looney led a charge that captured at least 1000 prisoners, including Union General Benjamin M. Prentiss.Valerie Bates, "Biographical Sketch," The Robert F. Looney Collection, Memphis/Shelby County Room, Memphis/Shelby County Public Library & Information Center; Timothy T. Isbell, Shiloh and Corinth: Sentinels of Stone (Jackson: University of Mississippi Press), 71. Moreover, in the mid-afternoon of April 7, Looney led the 38th Tennessee on the final charge before the Confederate retreat.Edwin C. Bearss, Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War (Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2006), 91.
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Hensley wanted to create a 19th-century miniatures game and contacted local company Chameleon Eclectic about publishing it, which resulted in Fields of Honor (1994); ownership of the game remained with Pinnacle, but it was published in conjunction with Chameleon Eclectic. Hensley had the idea for a new game centering on cowboys and zombies as he was setting Pinnacle up, when he saw the Brom painting of a Confederate vampire on the cover of White Wolf's then-unreleased Necropolis: Atlanta; he thus began writing what would eventually become Deadlands. After completing a first draft, Henlsey flew in two friends and game designers, Greg Gorden and Matt Forbeck; both liked what they saw and asked to buy into Pinnacle, although Gorden soon left for personal reasons. Hensley did some computer game design work for SSI.
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When Shane Lacy Hensley decided to create a 19th-century miniatures game he contacted Charles Ryan's company Chameleon Eclectic about publishing it. The result was Fields of Honor (1994), published in conjunction with Chameleon Eclectic, who dealt with distribution and other things that Hensley was not ready for, but ownership of the game remained with a new company that Hensley had created called Pinnacle Entertainment Group. The next year, Pinnacle and Chameleon Eclectic published The Last Crusade (1995), John Hopler's World War II CCG, the last product produced jointly between the two companies. When he completed the first draft of the game Deadlands, Hensley flew in two friends and game designers, Greg Gorden and Matt Forbeck, who liked what they saw and asked to buy into the company; although Gordon later had to leave for personal reasons, Forbeck moved to Blacksburg, Virginia to help Pinnacle get going.
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