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Just heard that Johnny Unitas died of a heart attack today.
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09-11-2002 04:54 PM |
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<a href="http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2002/0911/1430557.html" target="_blank">http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/2002/0911/1430557.html</a>
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09-11-2002 06:23 PM |
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Bill Bobaggins
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We used to go to his restaurant in Baltimore - "The Golden Arm". They served the best crab soup.
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09-11-2002 07:11 PM |
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Bill Bobaggins:
We used to go to his restaurant in Baltimore - "The Golden Arm". They served the best crab soup.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Johnny Unitas, Louisville's most famous football alumnus, is enshrined by a life-size Bronxe Statue at the open end of Louisville's Papa John's Cardinal Stadium.
The Louisville players pass by and touch the statue's shoes on their way onto the field.
If you ever get to tour the Louisville stadium, check out the statue and the Louisville football museum.
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09-11-2002 09:29 PM |
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UofLSig
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Here is the link to the story about the statue and the museum,
<a href="http://www.unitasmanagement.com/bellsout.htm" target="_blank">Johnny Unitas Statue and Louisville Football Museum</a>
Golden Arm Statue
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09-11-2002 09:31 PM |
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Growing up a Colts fan it was great to see Johnny U passing to Raymond Berrry. The two were amazing. Unitas still holds the record, which I feel may never be broken, with 47 games in a row with a TD pass. He was not fast or flashy. But that SOB could flat throw a football. Those were the days............RIP #19.
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09-12-2002 08:08 AM |
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He is before my time, but I understand he is a legend. RIP
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09-12-2002 08:30 AM |
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One of the first posters my little brother was allowed to hang in his room was of Johnny U. My brother was always trying to emulate his style from the haircut to the high tops.
Johnny U was one of our first sports icons growing up. Sad that he is gone <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />
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09-12-2002 05:57 PM |
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