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Entertainment
Shook hands with Hank Williams Jr. and got an autograph
Met Lee Greenwood and talked to him for a long time. Was stranded in Dallas on a spring break trip and met him at the Hyatt Regency (my buddy’s dad paid for our room) and told him our situation. We were eating dinner in the diner at the hotel and he was there with his manager and picked up the tab for our food. Very nice guy and very interested in our plight.
Met and chatted with Fred Thompson at a campaign event in ‘08
Met a bunch of the guys from Survivor who were staying in our hotel after a show we went to including the original lead singer
Shook hands with Michael Anthony and got a hug from Sammy Hagar
Went pee next to Steve Perry at Arrowhead Stadium at a Chiefs game
Met comedian Joey “Coco” Diaz at a comedy club.
Politics
Sarah Palin (shook hands and talked to her at a rally in ‘08. Very nice and beautiful woman but very tiny)
Karl Rove
Mike Johanns
Dave Heinemann
Ben Nelson
Kay Orr
Bob Kerrey
Charlie Thone
J.J. Exon
Deb Fischer
Chuck Hagel
Lee Terry
Pete Ricketts and Joe Ricketts (Pete was my boss at one time and Joe was the CEO of my employer)
Jeff Fortenberry (former co worker)
Jim Pillen (former co worker and soon to be Governor of Nebraska)
Got to be friends with Shane Osborne (who landed the plane in China) and hung out and had a lot of beers with him. Pretty good dude.
Sports
Bob Devaney
Tom Osborne
Frank Solich
Joba Chamberlain (he was best friends with my nephew and they were on many sports teams growing up together, many of which I coached with my bro in law)
Was friends in college at Nebraska with Neil Smith who was the #2 pick in the NFL Draft. I lived next door to him in the dorms in summer school and was friends with him when he was a nobody so he was always very nice to me. Great guy.
Atlee Hammacher (mlb pitcher)
Jeffrey Leonard (mlb)
Robin Yount (mlb hall of famer)
Danny Manning (KU Basketball and NBA)
Armon Gilliam (#2 pick in the NBA Draft. Was my buddy Bret’s roommate in juco)
Andrew Luck
Tommy Frazier
Mike Rozier (heisman winner)
Johnny Rogers (Heisman winner)
Dave Rimington (2 time outland and Lombardi trophy winner who has a trophy named after him now. Greatest center in the history of college football)
Charlie McBride and Milt Tenopir. Charlie was the d coordinator for the NU national championships in the ‘90s Milt was perhaps the greatest offensive line coach in history)
Gary Albright former HuskerNCAA wrestling runner up to the national championship and professional wrestler.
Forgot one.
Met Debra Winger when she was dating Bob Kerrey and spending a lot of time in Lincoln. Stunnigly beautiful in person. All my juvenile brain could think of when I shook her hand was “I saw your boobs in Officer and a Gentleman”