Both his high school journalism teacher and his football coach helped to shape the future of Ed Asner, says the star of "The "Mary Tyler Moore Show." His teacher, George Corporon, instilled in him the values of journalism and the importance of exploring all his interests, Asner says, when he allowed Asner to edit the school newspaper and yet still play football. Asner's football coach Ed Ellis stopped Asner cold once when Asner was talking about how coal miners on strike should be punished, the popular opinion in his town. "Well, Ed," Asner says Ellis told him, "You can't take away a man's right to strike." Asner went on to serve as the president of the Screen Actors Guild.
