Summer 2006
Pro Football Hall of Fame Parade
Each year, for a week at the end of July / Beginning of
August, there are many celebrations for the induction of new enshrinees at the
nearby Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio.
There is a Grand Parade on the final Saturday of this week of
festivities. I had the privilege of driving our convertible in the parade, and
transported one of the beautiful Philadelphia Eagle cheerleaders up the parade
route.
As the young lady was getting situated in the back of my car,
I had the extreme pleasure of chatting with Pro Football Hall of Famer Tommy
McDonald. Tommy played professional football from 1957 through 1968, and played
collegiate football at Oklahoma from 1954 through 1957 (Oklahoma was undefeated
during this time!).
Tommy is an absolutely delightful and unassuming human being
as well as having been one great football player - you can see his Pro Football
Hall of Fame biography
here.
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