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61-year-old Vietnam vet makes the cut as a small-college kicker
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| 09/01/11
| Nick Bromberg
Posted on 09/02/2011 7:19:35 AM PDT by Doogle
At an age when many start thinking about retirement, Alan Moore is restarting his football career.
Moore, a 61 year-old Vietnam veteran, will kick this fall for Faulkner University, a small Christian school in Montgomery, Ala., 43 years after his initial college career was cut short by Vietnam. When he takes the field against Ave Maria on Sept. 10, Moore will be the oldest player ever to take the field for a four-year university.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Sports
KEYWORDS: kicker
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git er done
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:19:42 AM PDT
by
Doogle
To: Doogle
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:20:53 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
Awesome!
I wonder if he kicks soccer-style or is an old-fashioned toe kicker.
Be fun to watch.
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:23:26 AM PDT
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Doogle
FYI..saw something a few days ago..one of the ACC schools may have a female placekicker this season..
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:26:32 AM PDT
by
ken5050
(Should Christie RUN in 2012? NO!!! But he should WALK three miles every day!)
To: Flycatcher
Hope somebody gets a video. Alabama has the best people.....
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:26:47 AM PDT
by
WVNan
To: Doogle
I’m 55 and I can’t imagine playing football anymore. I’ve got joint damage from playing when I was in my 20s.
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:27:02 AM PDT
by
mbynack
(Retired USAF SMSgt)
To: Doogle
Ave Maria? Better watch for that Hail Mary pass!
To: Doogle
I liked the question as to whether or not social security is considered by the NCAA as an improper payment to a college athlete.
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:30:32 AM PDT
by
Pecos
(Constitutionalist. Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
To: Doogle
To: Doogle
I always wondered what Forrest Gump was up to since getting shot in the but-tocks.
To: WVNan
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:39:17 AM PDT
by
wolficatZ
(Somebody once wrote "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold".)
To: mbynack
yeah I’d be the Charlie Brown without Lucy’s help and probably brake everything from toe to ear bone if I tried my preferred soccer style forty yarder.
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:44:11 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Flycatcher
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posted on
09/02/2011 7:45:12 AM PDT
by
wolficatZ
(Somebody once wrote "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold".)
To: Doogle
To: Doogle
What a wonderful story. His life was interrupted when he was called on to serve Our country... which he did. This is sort of a way of finishing an old chapter that had to be put down. I hope he has a fabulous season!
To: Doogle
brake=break...jeeeez, I gotta go to bed earlier
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posted on
09/02/2011 8:09:43 AM PDT
by
Doogle
((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
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posted on
09/02/2011 8:27:55 AM PDT
by
shove_it
(It's either Obama or America. There cannot be both.)
To: Doogle
Within the past 5 years, there was a 59 year old guy playing linebacker for some small college.
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posted on
09/02/2011 8:45:42 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: Doogle
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posted on
09/02/2011 8:59:11 AM PDT
by
credo 2
To: onedoug
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