Player Prayer

Robert Gauthier

Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 12, 2009 Players gather for a team prayer at the mural of fallen Dorsey Don Kevin Copeland. Copeland, a star player, collapsed and died on the field during a game in 1989. It was coach Paul Knox's first year at Dorsey. 'It was the worst day of my life,' Knox said. 'Not a day goes by when I don't think of it. It's safe to say what happened to Kevin changed the way I look at things. I discovered there's a lot more to life than winning football games.'

Robert Gauthier, "Player Prayer," in POYi Archive, Item #43394, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/43394 (accessed April 21, 2025).