Football and Community in New Orleans

By WILLIAM C. RHODEN

NEW ORLEANS — In most cities with N.F.L. teams, you expect a fair number of citizens to be fans of other teams. New Orleans may be the exception.

Everyone here seems to be a Saints fan, and that includes Douglas Evans.

Evans has been the president and chief executive of the Dryades Y.M.C.A. for the last 39 years. He came here from Evergreen, Ala., to attend Dillard University. Evans played football on the school’s last football team, in 1965, and tried out for the Saints, who started play in 1967.

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