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Kurt Busch.

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#81 Danny Smith TE (1984-87) from Atlanta.

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Receiving


 


 


 




Year


Rec


Yds


Avg


TD




1984


6


94


15.7


3




1985


22


379


17.2


2




1986


16


287


17.9


1




1987


34


576


16.9


2




Tot


78


1336


17.1


8




 
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The late Brian Piccolo.

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Louis Brian Piccolo (October 31, 1943 – June 16, 1970) was an American professional football player, a running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for four years. He died at age 26 from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of germ cell testicular cancer, first diagnosed after it had spread to his chest cavity.

Piccolo was the subject of the 1971 TV movie Brian's Song, with a remake TV movie of the same name filmed in 2001. He was portrayed in the original film by James Caan and by Sean Maher in the 2001 remake.

Early life

Piccolo was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the youngest of three sons of Joseph and Irene Piccolo. The family moved south to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, when Piccolo was three, due to his parents' concerns for his brother Don's health. Piccolo and his brothers were athletes, and he was a star running back on his high school football team although he considered baseball his primary sport. He graduated from the former Central Catholic High School (now St. Thomas Aquinas High School) in Fort Lauderdale in 1961.

Piccolo played college football at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; his only other scholarship offer was from Wichita State. He led the nation in rushing and scoring during his senior season in 1964, and was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year, yet went un-selected in the both the AFL and NFL drafts.

In the balloting for the Heisman Trophy won by John Huarte of Notre Dame, Piccolo was tenth, just ahead of Joe Namath of Alabama and future teammate Gale Sayers of Kansas.
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BB-41, USS Mississippi, was with USS Idaho doing Atlantic patrol work when the Pearl Harbor attack occurred; immediately transferred back to the Pacific and fought throughout the war, including the Battle of Surigao Strait.

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Swayin said:
The P-47 Thunderbolt, affectionately known as "The Jug."

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I’m sorry to backtrack, because I forgot about the count, but I couldn’t let this post go by without mentioning it. 
My grandfather was one of the engineers who helped design this plane, and he was the head of the cowl department at Republic Aviation on Long Island, while these planes were in production. 
He was a very determined man. He grew up poor, and did not have money to go to school, but instead, went to the library, and studied every book he could get his hands on to learn, and taught himself how to be an engineer. He was incredibly proud of this plane, and how durable it was. He used to tell me about how shot up the plane would be, but still got the boys home. 
A few years ago, I stood in the Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA, where the P-47 stands next to the Enola Gay, and had tears in my eyes, as I looked at my grandfather’s legacy. He would have been so proud!  I am not a big aviation buff, but this plane holds a special place in my heart. 
Thanks for posting it, Swayin!

 
Cockyandproud said:
I’m sorry to backtrack, because I forgot about the count, but I couldn’t let this post go by without mentioning it. 
My grandfather was one of the engineers who helped design this plane, and he was the head of the cowl department at Republic Aviation on Long Island, while these planes were in production. 
He was a very determined man. He grew up poor, and did not have money to go to school, but instead, went to the library, and studied every book he could get his hands on to learn, and taught himself how to be an engineer. He was incredibly proud of this plane, and how durable it was. He used to tell me about how shot up the plane would be, but still got the boys home. 
A few years ago, I stood in the Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA, where the P-47 stands next to the Enola Gay, and had tears in my eyes, as I looked at my grandfather’s legacy. He would have been so proud!  I am not a big aviation buff, but this plane holds a special place in my heart. 
Thanks for posting it, Swayin!
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Oh wow what an incredible story! Little tidbits like this often sift into the countdown. So awesome to hear that little bit of family lore.

 
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