wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 7:27 am
Dick Allen. 7 time MLB all star.
See the Baseball Hall of Fame thread.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 7:57 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Paolo Rossi
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:15 am
by Pruitt
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:33 am
by degenerasian
It's amazing how the coach Bearzot kept with him. It was a shock he made the team after serving a three year ban for match fixing. Then he starts and is awful in Italy's 3 draws in the first group stage. Due to scraping through Italy gets put into a second group with Brazil and Argentina. He was poor again against Argentina. Then he scores 6 goals in the last 3 games and wins everything.
I love the first goal against Brazil. Ball goes the width of the field to the left back then is crossed back to the far side of the box.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 12:24 am
by HaulCitgo
Debo
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:09 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Not sure if he's obscure...
'Spy Who Came In From The Cold' is a masterpiece.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 5:38 pm
by A_B
Definitely one of my favorite. He’s probably behind Stephen king and Christopher Moore only in terms of sheer number of books read. Made (Cold War) pulp themes seem like literature.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 6:19 am
by Square Rob
Gerard Houllier. Always seemed a really likable guy. Loved by that crap club.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:57 pm
by rass
Kevin Greene
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:01 pm
by mister d
My wife once touched his mullet (no euphemism) without his knowledge at an airport.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:05 pm
by The Sybian
rass wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:57 pm
Kevin Greene
Wow, that's a shock. I always loved him as a player. He just had such a great energy about him. I got to see him up close a lot when he was the LB coach with the Jets. He always went over to talk to fans at practices and on the field during pregame warmups. He was always one of the first on the field, playing catch with the equipment guys, ball boys, and non-coaching personnel, and he always had a huge smile and was making the players laugh. You could just see how much everyone around him loved and respected him.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:19 pm
by brian
Arguably deserves his own thread. Believe he’s been battling cancer for awhile.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:24 pm
by rass
brian wrote: ↑Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:19 pm
Arguably deserves his own thread. Believe he’s been battling cancer for awhile.
What an amazing story. Though why British Intelligence wouldn’t revoke the security clearance of a man who spent three years as a POW is beyond me, let alone even grant him clearance (he never considered himself to be British).
The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:27 pm
Can we at least acknowledge that "Alto Reed" is the worst pseudonym ever?
I mean, at least he didn't name himself after a sexual gratification device for women. (Teasing.)
Ha!!!! (both names equally fitting)
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:27 pm
by DaveInSeattle
You know the Professor was getting after that...
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:44 pm
by brian
Dawn Wells was a former Miss Nevada and her ancestors settled the state. (There are several cities and landmarks named after her family that pre-date her birth.) The more you know.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:52 pm
by Nonlinear FC
Aw, bummer.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2020 4:19 pm
by bfj
So Ginger is the last remaining survivor. She’s 86.
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:49 am
by rass
brian wrote: ↑Wed Dec 30, 2020 12:24 pm
Just listen to "Turn The Page" again and check out what he brought to Seger's work.
Rules!
Re: Worthy of mention, too obscure for own thread
Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:06 am
by govmentchedda
RIP Ozone. There was a time in my life when we didn't have a VCR, so if we wanted to rent a movie we had to also rent the VCR. Publix's customer service counter morphed into its own tiny video rental store, before Blockbuster was a thing. My two most rented movies were Rocky 3 and Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo. I'll never forget what you did for that community center, Adolfo. Or how you danced on the ceiling.