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At Hayes's funeral on March 17, 1987, former president Richard Nixon delivered the eulogy before a crowd of 1, 400, acknowledging the friendship that had begun between the two during his second term as vice president.

Having met Hayes at a reception following a Buckeye win over Iowa in 1957, Nixon recalled, " I wanted to talk about football and Woody wanted to talk about foreign policy.

And you know Woody, we talked about foreign policy.

" The following day, more than 15, 000 people took part in a memorial service at Ohio Stadium.