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To: dufekin; AiasBig
Wow. Excellent information. Funny, I would guess the majority of those guys you listed who served were white. Yet professional sports are dominated by minorities. I guess this puts to rest for sure the question of whether only poor or minorities serve and give their life to their country.
39 posted on 04/24/2004 3:01:49 PM PDT by ClintonBeGone (John Kerry is the Democrat's Bob Dole)
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To: ClintonBeGone
Wonder what round this guy would have gone in?

Dawkins, Peter M.
Football
b. March 8, 1938, Royal Oak, MI
One of the most celebrated college players of his time, not only because of his football skills but also because of his All-American boy image, Dawkins won the Heisman and Maxwell Trophies as the nation's outstanding college player in 1958.
A versatile performer, Dawkins rushed for only 428 yards but scored 12 touchdowns on 78 carries that season. He also caught 16 passes for 491 yards and 12 touchdowns; returned 7 kickoffs for 132 yards; and ran back 10 punts for 162 yards.

A three-year letterman in hockey, Dawkins graduated seventh in his class and won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he starred in rugby. He then began an army career and in 1983 he became the Army's youngest general at forty-five.

40 posted on 04/24/2004 3:54:37 PM PDT by Blessed
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