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[9] [10] In 1964, Kennedy befriended the high school's then football coach Harold Jones. [11] Their friendship served as the basis of the 2003 film Radio starring Cuba Gooding Jr. as Kennedy and Ed Harris as Jones. [4] In 1965, Kennedy became an unofficial 11th-grade student at T.L. Hanna High. [12]
Radio is a 2003 American biographical sports drama film directed by Mike Tollin.It was inspired by the 1996 Sports Illustrated article "Someone to Lean On" by Gary Smith. [1] [2] The article and the movie are based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and a young man with an intellectual disability, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
Howard Harding Jones (August 23, 1885 – July 27, 1941) was an American football player and coach who served as the head coach at Syracuse University (1908), Yale University (1909, 1913), Ohio State University (1910), the University of Iowa (1916–1923), Duke University (1924) and the University of Southern California (1925–1940), compiling a career record of 194–64–21.
James "Radio" Kennedy, the man who was a fixture on the sidelines of a South Carolina high school's football games for decades, has died.
"Radio" showed up on the T.L. Hanna sidelines in 1964. That one moment changed lives around the world.
Harold Jones may refer to: E. Harold Jones (1877–1911), British artist and excavator; Harold W. Jones (1877–1958), director of the US Army Medical Library; Harold Spencer Jones (1890–1960), British astronomer; Harold Jones (sprinter) (born 1900), American sprinter, 2nd in the 220 yards at the 1922 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Radio (2003) – biographical sport drama film based on the true story of T. L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones and a young man with an intellectual disability, James Robert "Radio" Kennedy [98] The Reagans (2003) – biographical drama television film about U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his family [99]
Harold C. S. Jones (10 November 1904 – 23 January 1986) was an English international rugby union player.. Jones was educated at Trent College and Birkenhead School. [1]A prop, Jones played his club rugby for Manchester. [2]