After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind.
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Our coach was absolutely out of his head. He must have read Bear Bryant's book. We had 78 players out. The first day 35 quit. Twenty quit the second day. We ended with 17 players. It was depressing.
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I can ski out of my back door.
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I had a hockey puck and stick-the only ones in town. I definitely would have played hockey ahead of football, had it been available.
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