๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐•๐ˆ๐„๐– ๐๐Ž๐ˆ๐๐“: โ€˜Cowboyโ€™ Rex Haugen: True confessions, untold stories Longtime coach put his โ€˜brandโ€™ on Pelican Rapids

by Louis Hoglund
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Old coaches and cowboys donโ€™t fade awayโ€”they retire to the poker table, enjoying prolonged card games interrupted by trips to the lavatory. Rex Haugen, with two of his card-playing buddies, left, Chuck Gulsvig, and right, Loren Bjerke. These guys donโ€™t sit up all night shuffling decks in a smokey backroom. They gather around the gambling table Sunday afternoonsโ€”after church, of course.


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