Editing Don Shula (section)

==Early life==
Shula was born on January 4, 1930, in [[Grand River, Ohio]], a small town along the [[Lake Erie]] shore in the northeastern part of the state.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/|title=UPI Almanac for Friday, Jan. 4, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=January 4, 2019|access-date=September 4, 2019|archive-date=January 5, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190105012355/http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/04/UPI-Almanac-for-Friday-Jan-4-2019/5471546221584/|url-status=live|quote=Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and player Don Shula in 1930 (age 89)}}</ref><ref name="News-Herald article">{{cite news |last=Schudel |first=Jeff |title=Don Shula at 80: From Harvey to Hall |url=http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20100718/don-shula-at-80-from-harvey-to-hall-with-slideshow-video |access-date=November 2, 2013 |newspaper=The News-Herald |date=August 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103234608/http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20100718/don-shula-at-80-from-harvey-to-hall-with-slideshow-video |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His parents, Dan and Mary Shula  (Dénes Süle and Mária Miller),<ref name="Suele">{{cite news |title= Don Shula, legendary Hungarian American NFL head coach dies at 90 |url= https://hungarianfreepress.com/2020/05/07/don-shula-legendary-hungarian-american-nfl-head-coach-dies-at-90/ | newspaper=Hungarian Free Press |date=May 7, 2020 }}</ref><ref name="Hungarian Roots">{{cite news |title=Hungarian Roots: Don Shula, Legendary American Football Coach |url=https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-roots-don-shula-legendary-american-football-coach-85641/ |newspaper=Hungary Today |date=March 30, 2016 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |archive-date=May 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518050317/https://hungarytoday.hu/hungarian-roots-don-shula-legendary-american-football-coach-85641/ |url-status=live }}</ref> were of [[Hungary|Hungarian]] origin, having immigrated when they were children.<ref name="Shula's Roots story">{{cite news |title=Shula's Roots – A Rock Foundation |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-11-15/sports/9311150043_1_shula-s-roots-shula-s-foundation-hometown |access-date=November 2, 2013 |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel |date=November 15, 1993 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103200841/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1993-11-15/sports/9311150043_1_shula-s-roots-shula-s-foundation-hometown |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Shula's father Dan worked for $9 a week at a rose nursery and saved up to buy the small house where Shula spent his early childhood. The house was next door to a grocery store in Grand River owned by Mary's parents.<ref name="Shula's Roots story" /> Shula played football in his neighborhood as a child, but his parents forbade it after he got a gash on his face when he was 11.<ref name="News-Herald article" />

Shula had six siblings, including a set of triplets born in 1936. To meet the family's financial needs, his father obtained a job in the local fishing industry for $15 a week, and later worked at a [[rayon]] plant in nearby [[Painesville, Ohio]]. Shula attended elementary school at St. Mary's, a private [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] school in Painesville; his mother was a devout Catholic, and his father converted to that denomination when they married.<ref name="Shula's Roots story" />