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Joe Bellino, Navy's first Heisman Trophy winner, dies at age 81
Capital Gazette ^
| March 29, 2019
| Bill Wagner
Posted on 03/29/2019 9:26:39 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
Amazing athlete. Kind of the Johnny Football of his time.
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posted on
03/29/2019 9:44:20 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(A day without my cryptogram is like a day without sunshine...)
To: nikos1121
The guy was my hero. I could not believe his massive calf muscles; what a hard-hitting stud of a fullback.
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posted on
03/29/2019 9:47:05 AM PDT
by
Migraine
To: nikos1121
Kind of the Johnny Football of his time. Drunken stunts, debauchery, and fights with girlfriends?
To: EveningStar
It was an era when football players went both waysLOL, back then that term meant something different.
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posted on
03/29/2019 9:53:24 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nascarnation
No, not quite
...I’m not sure if there are any highlights of the Army Navy they reference. I remember watching it as a little boy.
Amazing. The following days while playing football with friends, I pretended to be Joe Bellino...
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posted on
03/29/2019 10:05:37 AM PDT
by
nikos1121
(A day without my cryptogram is like a day without sunshine...)
To: Migraine
I remember him too and yes the thing he was really known for were those big calves.
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posted on
03/29/2019 10:06:40 AM PDT
by
yarddog
To: nikos1121
I just noticed today Johnny and his marathon cheatin’ wife broke up.
To: nikos1121
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posted on
03/29/2019 10:11:23 AM PDT
by
Textide
(Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
To: EveningStar
Rest in Peace, sir.
BEAT ARMY
To: EveningStar
RIP Sailor. Fair winds and following seas.
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posted on
03/29/2019 10:18:38 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
To: EveningStar
Back in the days when a Heisman winner didn’t automatically turn pro and play in the NFL. In his case, that was partly because he had a required hitch with the Navy upon graduation (as did Staubach) and because he had more profitable things to do with his time than play professional football.
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posted on
03/29/2019 10:19:27 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Trump is Making the Media Grate Again)
To: nascarnation
No Captain Bellino was a stand-up guy, not some smuck.
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posted on
03/29/2019 10:20:36 AM PDT
by
ConchKarl
(From a member of the Herd, 173rd)
To: OrangeHoof
Bellino did play briefly in the American Football League with the Boston Patriots, parts of three seasons (1965-67).
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posted on
03/29/2019 10:23:31 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Trump is Making the Media Grate Again)
To: OrangeHoof
Back then the NFL wasn’t necessarily big money either.
A lot of players used to have real jobs in the off season.
Lou “the toe” Groza of the Browns had an insurance agency, and it wasn’t just his name on the front, my dad actually bought policies from Lou.
Now of course the NFL min wage is nearly a half mil.
To: EveningStar
I remember watching Joe Bellino. Must have been the Army Navy game 1959.
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posted on
03/29/2019 10:27:30 AM PDT
by
Pelham
(Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
To: Migraine
Neck muscle was pretty good also
Amazing with calves like that that he was so fast
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posted on
03/29/2019 11:59:44 AM PDT
by
uncbob
To: EveningStar
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posted on
03/29/2019 12:01:35 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: EveningStar
Condolences to family and friends of Joe Bellino.
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posted on
03/29/2019 12:41:24 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: EveningStar
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posted on
03/29/2019 1:11:09 PM PDT
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PLMerite
("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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