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In reply to the discussion: Ok.....what's your claim to fame with a sports figure?? [View all]brewens
(13,574 posts)29. I played junior high sports against John Elway. He wasn't a threat at all in football, but was the
guy you had to hold under 20 points in basketball if you hoped to win.
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Met Kerri Strug, gymnast at a Target store in Tucson early 2000s, just said Hi and congrats
Baked Potato
Sep 2019
#25
Brown & Stubblefield: three classes of English. The third class was "Introduction to Poetry."
tblue37
Sep 2019
#49
I played junior high sports against John Elway. He wasn't a threat at all in football, but was the
brewens
Sep 2019
#29
One thing was that we didn't have baseball until the 9th grade. Elway was playing on his
brewens
Sep 2019
#52
I worked for the team Dr for the Tulsa Drillers and took care of Sammy Sosa a few times.
Runningdawg
Sep 2019
#37
My favourite ballerina came into a store where i worked. I was too shy to say
applegrove
Sep 2019
#39
Autographs from the entire "Big Red Machine" in the 70's including Pete Rose
underpants
Sep 2019
#54
I taught several athletes while I was a grad student at the University of Georgia
GaYellowDawg
Sep 2019
#66