Early Life and Education
Jeff Hays was born the youngest of four in Archer City, Texas to the late Joseph Colin and Vera Pruitt Hays. The family moved to Evansville, Indiana during World War II. Hays graduated from Evansville Reitz Memorial High School, class of 1947, a standout player on the school’s basketball, football, and baseball teams. In the fall of that year, he entered Evansville College (now University of Evansville) on a football scholarship as a quarterback, later receiving his undergraduate degree with a major in Marketing and a minor in Journalism. Upon canceling college deferments, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in August, 1951. After completing military service, he re-entered the University of Evansville at night completing degree work and graduating in 1955.
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