Very fit. Very toight. She was in Omaha filming a movie. Could be considered a bit snooty, but that doesn't bother me.
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Thanks for including me in that great group of athletes (and Kkkirk)
I’ve met a few in my chosen career.... But the Biggest Named Person I have ever met was Bear Bryant! He was a year and a half away from dying in Tuscaloosa! He signed a picture for me and he attend an event of ours in Birmingham! Did have a long conversation but he was already a couple of drinks down and was very cordial!
Jesse Jackson spoke at my high school. I shook his hand and we had a short conversation about why as a man was wearing an earring ( late 1980's). Firm handshake and was very positive and friendly.
Spent 20 years in the home recreation business and met quite a few celebs...I have played pool with: Manny Pacquiao (very good 9-ball player), Jerry Orbach, Paul Sorvino, Joe Rogan, Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes. Snipes could play a little, and as advertised, is also quite short. Negotiated with Kevin Costner on a business deal over the phone - he was cordial. Saw Steven Segal (surrounded by entourage) at the Vegas airport and because I was drunk (again, Vegas) I shouted at him that "yeah, you better walk away Steven Segal!" He also seemed short, and at the time quite puffy looking - we did not officially meet - lucky for me...
Spent 20 years in the home recreation business and met quite a few celebs...I have played pool with: Manny Pacquiao (very good 9-ball player), Jerry Orbach, Paul Sorvino, Joe Rogan, Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes. Snipes could play a little, and as advertised, is also quite short. Negotiated with Kevin Costner on a business deal over the phone - he was cordial. Saw Steven Segal (surrounded by entourage) at the Vegas airport and because I was drunk (again, Vegas) I shouted at him that "yeah, you better walk away Steven Segal!" He also seemed short, and at the time quite puffy looking - we did not officially meet - lucky for me...
been in proximity to some famous people, not really met too many...
charleton heston, george kennedy, gloria swanson, et al., in slc airport years ago.
shaq at the mall,
abe lemons at subway,
‘the informant’ at panera bread,
barry sanders at quiznos (ex wife rowed a canoe with him in high school-lived in doo-dah for a bit),
bobby mercer at same quiznos,
mo cheeks at starbucks,
drove by russell westbrook rehabbing an acl on a hot af day in a head-to-toe sweatsuit,
jay daversa playing his trumpet at a wedding reception (you probably dont recollect his name, but youve heard him play on ‘brickhouse’ and theme song to ‘the waltons’)
and barry switzer on a shuttle bus on my way to europe a couple years ago.
mostly brushes with fame...
charleton heston, george kennedy, gloria swanson, et al., in slc airport years ago.
shaq at the mall,
abe lemons at subway,
‘the informant’ at panera bread,
barry sanders at quiznos (ex wife rowed a canoe with him in high school-lived in doo-dah for a bit),
bobby mercer at same quiznos,
mo cheeks at starbucks,
drove by russell westbrook rehabbing an acl on a hot af day in a head-to-toe sweatsuit,
jay daversa playing his trumpet at a wedding reception (you probably dont recollect his name, but youve heard him play on ‘brickhouse’ and theme song to ‘the waltons’)
and barry switzer on a shuttle bus on my way to europe a couple years ago.
mostly brushes with fame...
I know some guys who have sat in a bar and drank with Sir Charles and the RodMan. They say they were both very cool and fun to hang with. There was no keeping up from a volume standpoint with Rodman.
I was a huge Gunsmoke fan as a kid. I got to meet Festus (Ken Curtis) at a small town rodeo. I was 7 or 8 years old. It was awesome.
Of course, naming a show “Gunsmoke” would never happen today.
Of course, naming a show “Gunsmoke” would never happen today.
Yes. Many times between 2002 and 2006. I was at the time a professor of theology at a Catholic University and O’Reilly had me on quite a bit to discuss the priest sex abuse crisis. The shit was really hitting the fan on that issue beginning in 2002 when the Boston Globe broke the story about Father Geoghan’s hundreds of victims in Boston. O’Reilly knew me from when he and I both gave talks at the same conference in 2001. So he called me in mid 2002 to go on. I gotta say... he is a real asshole. Totally about his ego.
A sales rep for the company that my dad worked for grew up right behind Johnny's house in Norfolk. His younger sister was the same age as Johnny. He said whenever Johnny learned a new magic or card trick he would come over to the house and perform it for them.
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Did T Troubadours break up? I thought they just put out another new album. Really like them. I like "The Birdhunter" I am a bird hunter and you can tell the songwriter knew what he was writing about.
Saw Randy Johnson in Phoenix airport coming home from Huskers dismantling of Florida. Asked for autograph and said he wasn't Randy Johnson. He was in terminal beside us waiting to depart and couple other guys tried to get his autograph and denied them as well. So going with "he's an a**hole"!
Ran into Lou Holtz at airport in Denver and was very nice and got autograph.
Played craps with Ozzie Smith in Vegas late on Sunday night once. Casino was virtually empty so he got stuck with our drunk group. Very quiet but nice.
Worked as a bill collector in Littleton Colorado and had to make house call on former Michigan St/Denver Bronco rb Blake Ezor. He returned the sofa so all was good.
Sat with Danny Nee and Bill Byrne in Sidetracks after games in Ameritus Classic basketball tourney. Coaches from other teams were with them. My buddy and Nee were throwing empty peanut shells at each other.
Ran into Lou Holtz at airport in Denver and was very nice and got autograph.
Played craps with Ozzie Smith in Vegas late on Sunday night once. Casino was virtually empty so he got stuck with our drunk group. Very quiet but nice.
Worked as a bill collector in Littleton Colorado and had to make house call on former Michigan St/Denver Bronco rb Blake Ezor. He returned the sofa so all was good.
Sat with Danny Nee and Bill Byrne in Sidetracks after games in Ameritus Classic basketball tourney. Coaches from other teams were with them. My buddy and Nee were throwing empty peanut shells at each other.
I remember some well known priests calling that out in the mid 90s, that and some other scary stuff that we’re seeing.
Anyway, thats awesome you were on the show. Did you get paid? I know some do and some dont. (Dont have to tell how much).
I met Sam too when he was the voice for the beef industry. Told him how his voice and acting were a perfect fit. He smiled and replied that's nice to hear from a real cattlemen. I was coming home and at a bar at the St Louis airport. Took out a picture with Sam and I to show some friends. Guy walks by and asks where did you get that? My wife would die for that picture.
No. Did not get paid. I wasn’t a big enough fish for that. Ha.
Met Ryne Sandberg after a game as a kid, he took my program to sign, got distracted and then handed it back without signing. Ran into Mitch Williams after that game later and he was great. Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz at a mall in Atlanta, Dr Tom after the 07 beatdown at Kansas. Lived in a neighborhood with several Chiefs and Royals players in the early 90’s.
Ran across several here and there over the years, but I try to avoid bothering them in general.
Ran across several here and there over the years, but I try to avoid bothering them in general.
Brooks Robinson, Memorial stadium in Baltimore, I was 11, Mom and Dad told him they had to plan a vacation around going to a few Orioles games so I could see him play, He was a true gentleman, Chatted me up, Signed my glove and waved at me in the stands all 3 games we attended. Boog Powell was also very nice.
Met Will Shields walking through Kauffman Stadium at a Royals game many years ago. This was when he was still playing for the Chiefs.
Talked briefly to Eric Church before he made it big. He was doing a small local concert in KC and my wife was helping to coordinate the concert. We got to spend the whole time back stage and chatted with him before the whole thing started. We stood Stage right of him only about 10 feet away during the performance.
Was eating lunch in Huntington Beach a few years ago and realized about halfway through the meal that Tony Gonzales was at the table right next to me.
My only other real claim to fame is that I played baseball against Albert Pujols and played football against Darren Sproles back in high school.
Talked briefly to Eric Church before he made it big. He was doing a small local concert in KC and my wife was helping to coordinate the concert. We got to spend the whole time back stage and chatted with him before the whole thing started. We stood Stage right of him only about 10 feet away during the performance.
Was eating lunch in Huntington Beach a few years ago and realized about halfway through the meal that Tony Gonzales was at the table right next to me.
My only other real claim to fame is that I played baseball against Albert Pujols and played football against Darren Sproles back in high school.
I spent a few days at a friend's event years ago and Grainger Hines was there for most of the time. He is a character actor who has been in a ton of movies and tv shows. Biggest movie I ever saw him in was "Lincoln". Most impressive thing about him is he was married to Michelle Phillips back when she was in her prime. He had been in Goldie Hawn's movie "Protocol" a few years prior to the event so he always was wearing this cheap windbreaker with the movie logo on it that all the cast and crew members got. He was a douche and didn't want anyone to not know how important he was. Found somebody with coke so he started disappearing from time to time.
Back in the day when I spent too much time and money in the bars of Seattle it was not uncommon to see Sonics out and about. Downtown Freddy Brown (Iowa Hawkeye) and Jack Sikma were great. Very approachable and would talk to everyone. Dennis Johnson was not. I think maybe he was just shy and I did not see him all that much. My brother was drunk one night in a pretty popular downtown bar and became mesmerized by how tall Tom Chambers was. Chambers was leaning over a stand-up bar in front of us and I think his belt was almost as tall as we were. Could have been the booze. Later Shawn Kemp was always out and about.
Bill Russell was a member of the Country Club my parents lived in so I saw him all the time. He was not approachable. He's famous for not signing autographs. As I have none that was never an issue for me. Still he is a jerk. Arrogant. My dad beat him in the Club tournament one year. Whatever flight the 15 handicappers play in. (A husband and wife who owned a big car dealership were members of the club and they use to have a annual big charity golf tournament for either the YMCA or Boys and Girls Club. My mom was a friend so she worked the tournament. My mom and all her friends were big Jack Sikma fans. They all were die hard Sonic fans, watched the games, went to a few of them and Jack was their favorite. He was always very nice to them at the tournament. He could get them giggling as if they were school girls. My long departed mother would be very pleased I added this story)
Ran into Jay Buhner when hunting pheasants years ago on the Yakima Indian Reservation. (About 3 hours from Seattle). He's just a good dude. Unpretentious
My wife's first cousin went to Yale Law with Bill and Hillary. He has some good stories. Nothing salacious, but still interesting. He said Bill could talk to anyone about anything. I never voted for him, but that is what makes for a good politician.
Back in the day when I spent too much time and money in the bars of Seattle it was not uncommon to see Sonics out and about. Downtown Freddy Brown (Iowa Hawkeye) and Jack Sikma were great. Very approachable and would talk to everyone. Dennis Johnson was not. I think maybe he was just shy and I did not see him all that much. My brother was drunk one night in a pretty popular downtown bar and became mesmerized by how tall Tom Chambers was. Chambers was leaning over a stand-up bar in front of us and I think his belt was almost as tall as we were. Could have been the booze. Later Shawn Kemp was always out and about.
Bill Russell was a member of the Country Club my parents lived in so I saw him all the time. He was not approachable. He's famous for not signing autographs. As I have none that was never an issue for me. Still he is a jerk. Arrogant. My dad beat him in the Club tournament one year. Whatever flight the 15 handicappers play in. (A husband and wife who owned a big car dealership were members of the club and they use to have a annual big charity golf tournament for either the YMCA or Boys and Girls Club. My mom was a friend so she worked the tournament. My mom and all her friends were big Jack Sikma fans. They all were die hard Sonic fans, watched the games, went to a few of them and Jack was their favorite. He was always very nice to them at the tournament. He could get them giggling as if they were school girls. My long departed mother would be very pleased I added this story)
Ran into Jay Buhner when hunting pheasants years ago on the Yakima Indian Reservation. (About 3 hours from Seattle). He's just a good dude. Unpretentious
My wife's first cousin went to Yale Law with Bill and Hillary. He has some good stories. Nothing salacious, but still interesting. He said Bill could talk to anyone about anything. I never voted for him, but that is what makes for a good politician.
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I was within eyeshot of Queen Elizabeth when I was 10. We just happened about her. It might have been at Monticello.
I had my picture taken with Richard Nixon when I was a baby I was told. Got the politician kiss and the whole deal. I think it was before he got beat by JFK? I saw it once a long time ago but it was lost in the shuffle at my mom's house. Oh yeah. Forgot, talked with Colin Powell one on one for about twenty minutes at a social after one of his speeches. Everybody else in the room including Senator Daschle acted afraid to go talk to the guy. He was standing there by himself and people were crowded around an appetizer table so I told my wife "hey lets go talk to Colin". Very pleasant. After about 10 minutes the Governor came and joined us. I also got to meet Gerald Ford at the same meet and greet thing the next year but didn't get more than a hand shake and picture with him.
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Did he ask about what you did with your sheep?.....EWEEEEEE
My brother tied one on with Barkley in Atlanta a while back. He was interested in the goofy white dude who collects exotic Jordan's. Ended up paying his tab. I was pretty jealous!
We were outside Buckingham Palace by chance when they were kicking off the Commonwealth games in 2017 and she popped out for a speech. Was pretty cool, a family member who is obsessed with all things royal family and who’s been to the UK multiple times was extremely pissed that we saw her and she didn’t.
Also was at a Brooklyn Nets game last year when Kobe brought his daughter, didn’t get close though.
Ron Heller the former tackle for Penn State and Tampa Bay. We played on opposite teams in a softball game.
He hit three dingers and a triple. He played center field like a 190 pounder although he was 6'6 260. I was playing first. I guess he also hit a single. I hit one dinger so I felt ok to talk to him. I asked him how it was playing against Nebraska. He said they were tough. He probably went against Rob Stuckey or Mike Keeler in the '83 kickoff classic.
I was once in an elevator with Tucker Carlson.
Rob Zatechka when the Giants trained at Albany, N.Y. He said he liked my (Cornhusker) hat and I got his autograph.
Vince Ferragamo and I were in the same dorm (not roommates) for one year. Super nice guy.
John ("I broke my effing jaw") O'Leary visiting Schramm Hall.
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I got yelled at by the Billy Goat Cafe guy. Told me to hurry up because he had a business to run.
Nick Saban - Nice but doesn’t say much.
Mike Trout- Really nice guy.
Mike Campbell - Tom Petty band great guy.
Gavin Newsom- Arrogant prick
Katie Lee- Tv cooking host and Billy Joel ex, sweetheart
Walter Payton- The best, humble and friendly.
Jennifer Love Hewitt- Really nice.
Justin Thomas- Good guy, kind.
Tiger- See Gavin Newsom
Mike Trout- Really nice guy.
Mike Campbell - Tom Petty band great guy.
Gavin Newsom- Arrogant prick
Katie Lee- Tv cooking host and Billy Joel ex, sweetheart
Walter Payton- The best, humble and friendly.
Jennifer Love Hewitt- Really nice.
Justin Thomas- Good guy, kind.
Tiger- See Gavin Newsom
I had several beers with Billy Carter at his gas station/bar in Plains around 1980. Billy was so drunk he couldn’t even open the cash register to make change and Billy and the cash register tray ended up in the floor. The two “suits” with sunglasses on and drinking water were not amused....am assuming they were his Secret Service handlers.
An acquaintance flew the chopper for Obama supposedly. He says he was a prick to the military pilots as well. A good friend had a high ranking U.S. Senator at his house for lunch complete with the trench coats and ear pieces people. They told my buddy and his wife a similar story about Obama and one of those dudes was black. The funny thing was my friend tried to take their coats to hang them up and they told him "we can't let you see what's underneath. If we do we have to use them". They had sent an advance person a couple of days ahead of the visit to check things out. The Senator and my friend were neighbors in a very small town and childhood friends and they still got inspected.
A long time PGA golfer's (now a commentator) family who I met and hung out with in Scottsdale shared similar views about Tiger. Apparently in his younger years Tiger was notoriously impolite to other golfers' families and tournament volunteers. From what I've seen and read, I think Tiger has been humbled tremendously and is probably a better dude to be around. It's amazing what maturity and getting off the roids can do for a guy.
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I'm interested to see if the new HBOMax documentary on Tiger reveals this. Supposedly the piece was not vetted by Tiger and his representatives.
I'll be surprised if many know this name, but when I was a kid in the late 70's I lived next door to Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, NFL HOF center/linebacker for the Bears. We lived on adjoining acreages north of Omaha for a few years before he moved back to Texas, and he and his wife would hire me to mow their big fricken' yard and for other chores. But I knew not to bother him on Sunday afternoons as he would sit in front of three tv's watching the games. Meeting him piqued my interest in NFL history and I started collecting books like "Great Linebackers of the NFL" (which he was in and autographed for me), and "Great Moments in Pro Football". I thought it was odd that Mr. Turner would drive down his lane to get the mail when it really wasn't that far to walk, he was in his late 50's and I thought it seemed kind of lazy for a guy who had played in the NFL. But later I realized the physical toll the game had taken on him. Playing on both sides of the ball for 13 years in the leather helmet and no facemask era - holy crap! When I googled him as an adult I learned he had died in 1998 and that he had struggled financially living on a $1,100 per month NFL pension. Seems crazy that guys like that who did so much for the game never reaped the financial benefits like those who came after them.
Here's a story from the Chicago Tribune after his death (he had quite the career and worth your time to read):
BULLDOG TURNER, STAR ON BEARS OF '40S, DIES
Don Pierson, Tribune Pro Football WriterCHICAGO TRIBUNE
October 31, 1998
Former Bears center-linebacker Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, a superstar before superstars were invented, died Friday at his home in Gatesville, Texas. He was 79.
One of the great two-way players in pro football history, Turner and quarterback Sid Luckman anchored the Monsters of the Midway of the 1940s, who won four NFL championships starting with the famous 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. Luckman died in July.
"Bulldog and Luckman were quite a combination. I don't know who did their job better," said teammate Ed Sprinkle.
Turner's daughter, Pat, said her father suffered from emphysema and was diagnosed with lung cancer in March.
"Only a couple of days ago, he was sitting up and laughing," Pat Turner said. "He always kept that sense of humor."
At 6 feet 2 inches and 240 pounds, Turner was unusually big for his era and unusually fast for any era. He led the league in interceptions with eight in 1942 and intercepted four passes in five title games, including one for a 24-yard touchdown in the 73-0 victory over the Redskins. He said his favorite play was a 96-yard interception return for a touchdown against fellow Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh in 1947.
"He backed up the line behind me on the right side, and not too many plays went around us," Sprinkle said.
On offense, Turner was even better.
"He just controlled the middle of the line of scrimmage," said Jim Parmer, a former Bears scout who played against Turner. "Easily the best center to come along for years and years."
Recognized as one of the smartest players in the game, Turner knew every assignment for every player. In 1944, when several Bears were ejected for fighting, Turner played halfback. The only time he carried the ball, he scored on a 48-yard run.
"Who knows what kind of player he would have been if he ever got to rest during a game," former Bears teammate and Hall of Famer George Musso once said.
"He didn't feel he had a peer on the football field," Sprinkle said.
Turner played from 1940-52, and his number, 66, was retired. He was a Bears assistant coach from 1952-56. In 1962, he was head coach of the New York Titans (Jets) in the American Football League.
"People ask me if I have any Super Bowl rings," Turner once said. "I say, `No, but I have four championship rings. It's the same game.' "
In a 1987 interview, Turner said he made $2,000 a season as a rookie and got up to $14,000 for two years after the postwar All-America Conference escalated salaries. In the end, he was living on his NFL pension of about $1,100 a month.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966, Turner was almost overlooked by the NFL after playing at tiny Hardin-Simmons College in Abilene, Texas, the same school that later produced Sprinkle.
Scouting in 1940 concentrated on major-college athletes and players featured in football magazines. When Turner was a junior, a Hardin-Simmons fan tipped Bears scout Frank Korch, but Turner wasn't a secret for long. He soon became the center of some recruiting chicanery.
The Detroit Lions thought they could sign Turner without drafting him. They treated him to dental work and gave him $100 to resist any other offers. When Turner returned a questionnaire to the Bears noting, "I do not wish to play professional football," owner-coach George Halas smelled something fishy. Uninterested players simply didn't return questionnaires. Taking no chances, Halas made Turner his No. 1 draft choice, and the Lions were fined $5,000 for tampering.
As a rookie, Turner found himself in the 73-0 game that would make the Bears and Halas legends. Turner said so many balls were lost to the fans on extra-point kicks that Halas ordered him to make a bad snap. They were down to practice balls, but Turner refused.
"I told Halas I wasn't going to make a bad snap, not in a championship game. I never made a bad snap in my life," Turner said.
Halas then convinced the holder to drop the ball, but in the paper the next day, the botch was blamed on Turner.
Besides daughter Pat, who lived with him, Turner leaves another daughter, Sandra Shaffer, a sister, Ilene Hairstone, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. His wife, Gladys, died in 1988. Services are Monday in Gatesville.
Here's a story from the Chicago Tribune after his death (he had quite the career and worth your time to read):
BULLDOG TURNER, STAR ON BEARS OF '40S, DIES
Don Pierson, Tribune Pro Football WriterCHICAGO TRIBUNE
October 31, 1998
Former Bears center-linebacker Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, a superstar before superstars were invented, died Friday at his home in Gatesville, Texas. He was 79.
One of the great two-way players in pro football history, Turner and quarterback Sid Luckman anchored the Monsters of the Midway of the 1940s, who won four NFL championships starting with the famous 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in 1940. Luckman died in July.
"Bulldog and Luckman were quite a combination. I don't know who did their job better," said teammate Ed Sprinkle.
Turner's daughter, Pat, said her father suffered from emphysema and was diagnosed with lung cancer in March.
"Only a couple of days ago, he was sitting up and laughing," Pat Turner said. "He always kept that sense of humor."
At 6 feet 2 inches and 240 pounds, Turner was unusually big for his era and unusually fast for any era. He led the league in interceptions with eight in 1942 and intercepted four passes in five title games, including one for a 24-yard touchdown in the 73-0 victory over the Redskins. He said his favorite play was a 96-yard interception return for a touchdown against fellow Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh in 1947.
"He backed up the line behind me on the right side, and not too many plays went around us," Sprinkle said.
On offense, Turner was even better.
"He just controlled the middle of the line of scrimmage," said Jim Parmer, a former Bears scout who played against Turner. "Easily the best center to come along for years and years."
Recognized as one of the smartest players in the game, Turner knew every assignment for every player. In 1944, when several Bears were ejected for fighting, Turner played halfback. The only time he carried the ball, he scored on a 48-yard run.
"Who knows what kind of player he would have been if he ever got to rest during a game," former Bears teammate and Hall of Famer George Musso once said.
"He didn't feel he had a peer on the football field," Sprinkle said.
Turner played from 1940-52, and his number, 66, was retired. He was a Bears assistant coach from 1952-56. In 1962, he was head coach of the New York Titans (Jets) in the American Football League.
"People ask me if I have any Super Bowl rings," Turner once said. "I say, `No, but I have four championship rings. It's the same game.' "
In a 1987 interview, Turner said he made $2,000 a season as a rookie and got up to $14,000 for two years after the postwar All-America Conference escalated salaries. In the end, he was living on his NFL pension of about $1,100 a month.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966, Turner was almost overlooked by the NFL after playing at tiny Hardin-Simmons College in Abilene, Texas, the same school that later produced Sprinkle.
Scouting in 1940 concentrated on major-college athletes and players featured in football magazines. When Turner was a junior, a Hardin-Simmons fan tipped Bears scout Frank Korch, but Turner wasn't a secret for long. He soon became the center of some recruiting chicanery.
The Detroit Lions thought they could sign Turner without drafting him. They treated him to dental work and gave him $100 to resist any other offers. When Turner returned a questionnaire to the Bears noting, "I do not wish to play professional football," owner-coach George Halas smelled something fishy. Uninterested players simply didn't return questionnaires. Taking no chances, Halas made Turner his No. 1 draft choice, and the Lions were fined $5,000 for tampering.
As a rookie, Turner found himself in the 73-0 game that would make the Bears and Halas legends. Turner said so many balls were lost to the fans on extra-point kicks that Halas ordered him to make a bad snap. They were down to practice balls, but Turner refused.
"I told Halas I wasn't going to make a bad snap, not in a championship game. I never made a bad snap in my life," Turner said.
Halas then convinced the holder to drop the ball, but in the paper the next day, the botch was blamed on Turner.
Besides daughter Pat, who lived with him, Turner leaves another daughter, Sandra Shaffer, a sister, Ilene Hairstone, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. His wife, Gladys, died in 1988. Services are Monday in Gatesville.
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I have a friend from Nebraska who loves to go to those fundraising dinners for politicians. He has a whole wall in his office with pictures of he and his wife with presidents, senators and other celebrities taken at these dinners. He also collects old presidents autographs that are worth big bucks.
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