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To: MuttTheHoople

Walt Cudzik was his center. He grew up in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. His mom & my grandmother were good friends.
Mike McBath was one of his ends. Interesting to note that back during their playing days, it was a game, not a career. Kemp went on to congress. Cudzik & McBath (or were) are both practicing attorneys. They finished their educations, had a few years of fun, then went out and held real jobs!


124 posted on 05/02/2009 7:29:52 PM PDT by Knute
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To: Knute
Back then, pro players held real jobs during the off-season. Baltimore was famous for setting up Colt players in good jobs that they could go to after the season was over. When I went to Lambeau Field for a Packers game, one of the people I tailgated with was a neighbor of Ray Nitzchke's back in the 1960's...said he was a regular normal neighborhood guy, cutting the yard, going to his job in the mornings and coming back in the evenings, maybe played all-time quarterback when the neighborhood kids played pickup football.

Most pro players live in gated communities now, and only make public appearances to "give back to the community", ie, get a tax writeoff. Then again, most of us fans are now psycho-obsessed with our teams and players, and flood sports radio shows and the internet 24/7.

145 posted on 05/02/2009 7:48:16 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: Knute
Sad news about Walter Cudzik

He died in 2005.

242 posted on 05/07/2009 8:32:35 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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