With the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon's resignation upon us, I was looking at the former President's close relationship with Coach Woody Hayes. One interesting thing was after the 1974 Michigan game, Woody would announce the USC-UCLA game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. After the game, he went down to La Casa Pacifica, Nixon's residence in San Clemente, to visit with Nixon and his wife. 

A little over four years later, one of the first people that Woody Hayes heard from after his firing was Richard Nixon. Nixon started off his letter saying, "When you win, you hear from everyone. When you lose, you hear from your friends."

Nixon would give the eulogy at Woody's funeral in 1987. 

Two guys from very similar backgrounds. Got to the top of their crafts and had massive setbacks, but they always battled back. Interesting that they were very close friends.

http://library.osu.edu/projects/woody-hayes/politics/index.html