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MISSOULA — Thomas Hauck, a Butte native who played linebacker and center for the Montana football team and later served as an assistant coach, died in Missoula last weekend at the age of 83.

The Butte High grad earned all-state honors in football and basketball in the 1950s before taking his talents to the University of Montana. There he was a standout linebacker until a knee injury forced a position change to center.

The Vietnam veteran started his coaching career at Billings Senior where he guided the varsity football team. He then served as defensive coordinator for Rocky Mountain College before joining the Griz football coaching staff in 1999.

Hauck was UM defensive line coach for a decade — first on Joe Glenn's staff and then on the staff of nephew Bobby

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