SportsSeptember 24, 1998

Former Southeast Missouri State University football great Kenneth Dement will be honored at halftime of Saturday night's game against Tennessee-Martin at Houck Stadium. Dement, who earned All-American honors while playing offensive and defensive tackle for Southeast from 1951-54, earned college football's highest honor in August when he was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame...

Former Southeast Missouri State University football great Kenneth Dement will be honored at halftime of Saturday night's game against Tennessee-Martin at Houck Stadium.

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Dement, who earned All-American honors while playing offensive and defensive tackle for Southeast from 1951-54, earned college football's highest honor in August when he was inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame.

At halftime of Saturday's game, which begins at 6 p.m., representatives from the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame will make special presentations to Dement.

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