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Post by bva on Feb 9, 2016 21:40:55 GMT -5
this very well-written story has bothered me since i read it...first of all, a prayer goes out to greg sanders if he has hit a rough patch...we all have/are/will and a prayer is good move #1...if greg doesn't want to reconnect with bonas, that's his right...but if, as chris suggests, he's been "blackballed", then shame on them!...the pope has called this the year of mercy...good move #2 would be to contact him (and, btw, there are 28k alums and not one of the 28k has the means one way or the other to find him...i don't think so) and welcome him back to the family...let's forget the talk of the hof for now...let's make him feel welcome and want to come back for a visit...the hof discussion can come later... Sanders is already in the Hall of Fame, class of 1988 (I wonder if he attended his enshrinement). The question is regarding should his number be retired, should #53 be raised to the rafters. In the Comments section, Bill Collins writes, "I was chair of the Bonas athletics hall of fame committee when Sanders was selected and I recall him attending the luncheon to accept the honor. He was in high spirits that day and made a nice speech and it clearly meant a lot to him."
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Post by bbb on Feb 10, 2016 3:17:24 GMT -5
Great story. You guys are doing such a great job with your articles, thank you so much for all the work you put into the site. Ditto
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Post by fortytwo on Feb 10, 2016 9:23:16 GMT -5
Great article. Greatest shooter I saw in person ( Never saw Mahonchak). An article that might be a wonderful Bonacentric piece would be about the situation the 1961 Bonaventure NCAA team faced in North Carolina because of Tom Stith and Fred Crawford's ethnicity. A lot of anecdotal knowledge has been shared, but no real journalistic piece.
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Post by fjs64 on Feb 10, 2016 9:45:02 GMT -5
Great article. Greatest shooter I saw in person ( Never saw Mahonchak). An article that might be a wonderful Bonacentric piece would be about the situation the 1961 Bonaventure NCAA team faced in North Carolina because of Tom Stith and Fred Crawford's ethnicity. A lot of anecdotal knowledge has been shared, but no real journalistic piece. I would 2nd that. That team may be worth a book, but an article is a good start point. Having lived in El Paso in the mid-60's, thanks to Uncle Sam, I had the privilege to watch the 1966 Texas Western Miners win the NCAA championship, the team that started 5 black players, vs the lily white Kentucky wildcats. That team has been remembered by books, movies, enshrinement in the Basketball HOF.....all deservedly. Our team 5 years earlier faced many obstacles, and started to break down the barrier....this needs to be known. Things like the Bones McKinney fastbreak, holding back our players, eating in the kitchen, sports illustrated comments about the game...all need to be highlighted, of course both stars of the team playing at less than half capacity due to TB....lots about this team needs to be remembered, before time takes away the participants. RIP Tom and Orrie.
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Post by firstdev on Feb 10, 2016 10:02:05 GMT -5
Has Orrie left us? If so when?
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Post by derhut on Feb 10, 2016 10:08:36 GMT -5
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Post by jim62 on Feb 10, 2016 13:15:11 GMT -5
I used to look forward to seeing and talking with Orrie at our reunions. Got together with him at our 2012 reunion and was planning on meeting again in 2017. He was doing one of the things he loved, hunting, when his heart just gave out. Quite a great guy. I'm sure he's playing 1st violin in Heaven now.
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Post by firstdev on Feb 10, 2016 13:52:44 GMT -5
Derhut - many thanks for the obit - Orrie was just a class guy. I will never forget his violin piece at the Memorial Service for Fr. Gervace White during the '07 reunion. It was just beautiful. A great tribute to a truly gifted Bona man.
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Post by fjs64 on Feb 10, 2016 14:29:29 GMT -5
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Post by derhut on Feb 10, 2016 16:11:07 GMT -5
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