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Unearthing the Enigmatic Legacy of Eddie Eagan: A Football and Olympic Journey · Sports History Network

• 0:57
  You
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  know,
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  I
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  think
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  one
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  of
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  my
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  favorite
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  things
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  is
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  to
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  hear
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  a
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  piece
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  of
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  football
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  history
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  about
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  an
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  individual
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  maybe
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  that
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  I've
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  never
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  heard
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  of
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  before.
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  I'm
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  sure
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  you
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  share
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  the
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  same
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  thing.
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  Well,
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  Timothy
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  p.
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  Brown
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  of
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  FootballArchaeology.com
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  joins
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  us
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  today
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  to
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  tell
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  us
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  about
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  an
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  amazing,
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  almost
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  Forrest
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  Gump
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  like
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  figure
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  football.
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  That
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  a
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  story
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  I
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  you're
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  really
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  going
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  enjoy.
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  Stay
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  tuned.
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  Hello
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  my
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  football
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  Welcome
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  again
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  we
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  our
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  weekly
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  visit
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  with
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  Timothy
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  p.
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  Brown
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  of
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  footballarchaeology.com
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  Tim,
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  welcome
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  to
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  the
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  Derek,
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  good
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  to
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  see
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  you
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  again.
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  Looking
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  forward
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  to
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  talking
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  believe
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  gold.
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  that
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  could
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  gold,
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  Darren
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  Gold,
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  you
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  know,
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  but
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  just
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  working
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  off
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  the
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  Seinfeld
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  Okay,
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  I
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  got
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  you
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  now.
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  I
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  got
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  the
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  Seinfeld
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  reference
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  now.
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  I
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  got
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  it.
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  I
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  was
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  trying
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  to
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  fit
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  it
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  into
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  your
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  story,
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  but
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  somehow
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  segueing
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  into
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  our
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  Tim's
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  recent
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  tidbit
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  that
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  he
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  wrote
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  titled
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  Eddie
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  Egan,
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  college
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  football
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  player
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  and
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  summer
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  and
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  a
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  Winter
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  Olympian.
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  What
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  can
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  you
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  tell
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  us
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  about
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  Eddie
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  Egan,
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  Tim?
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  Yeah,
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  so,
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  you
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  know,
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  I,
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  I
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  published
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  this
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  one
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  in
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  January,
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  so
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  just
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  prior
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  to
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  the
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  Winter
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  Olympics.
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  So
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  it's
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  just
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  kind
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  of
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  an
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  oddball
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  story.
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  Doesn't
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  have
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  a
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  tremendous
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  amount
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  to
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  do
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  with
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  football,
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  but
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  enough,
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  enough.
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  So
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  there's
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  this
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  guy,
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  Eddie
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  Egan,
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  he
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  grew
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  up
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  in
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  Colorado
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  and
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  I
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  think
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  he
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  must
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  have
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  come
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  from
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  some
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  level
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  of
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  wealth.
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  But,
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  but
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  he
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  also
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  like
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  maybe
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  on
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  his
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  parents
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  ranch
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  or
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  something,
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  you
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  know,
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  supposedly
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  he
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  used
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  to
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  fight
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  some
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  of
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  the
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  cow
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  hands,
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  you
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  know,
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  that,
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  that
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  was
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  kind
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  of
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  the
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  story
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  whether
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  it's
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  true
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  or
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  not,
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  you
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  know,
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  box.
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  So
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  he
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  ends
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  up,
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  and
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  he's
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  living,
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  you
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  know,
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  he
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  ends
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  up
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  at
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  University
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  of
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  Denver
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  in
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  either
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  for
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  the
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  1915
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  or
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  1916
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  football
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  season.
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  And
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  so
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  he
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  plays
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  there
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  as
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  a
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  freshman
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  and
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  but
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  then
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  World
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  War
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  I
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  breaks
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  out.
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  So
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  he
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  joins
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  the
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  military
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  now
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  somewhere
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  in
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  there.
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  it's.
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  before
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  he
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  joined
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  the
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  military,
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  he
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  had
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  won
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  the
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  Rocky
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  Mountain
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  AAU
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  middleweight
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  championship
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  in
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  boxing.
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  You
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  know,
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  so
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  obviously
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  he's
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  a
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  guy.
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  I
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  had
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  a
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  decent
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  athlete
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  a
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  boxer
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  and
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  you
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  know,
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  playing
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  football
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  and
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  you
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  know,
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  Denver
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  had,
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  you
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  know,
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  pretty
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  good
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  football
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  teams
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  back
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  then.
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  So,
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  so
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  he
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  ends
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  up
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  joining
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  the
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  army.
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  And
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  so,
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  you
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  know,
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  then
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  there's
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  stories
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  in
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  the
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  newspaper
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  about
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  him
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  because,
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  you
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  know,
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  he
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  was
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  middleweight
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  champ
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  and
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  then
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  he's
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  going
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  to
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  box
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  in
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  the
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  army
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  and
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  stuff,
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  but
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  he
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  never,
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  he
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  never
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  ships
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  overseas.
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  You
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  know,
• 3:47
  that's
• 3:47
  just
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  kind
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  of
• 3:48
  the
• 3:48
  way
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  it
• 3:48
  worked
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  out
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  with
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  him.
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  And,
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  but,
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  and
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  then
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  he
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  entered
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  Yale,
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  he
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  got
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  discharged
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  and
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  he
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  enters
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  Yale
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  in
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  January
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  of
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  1919.
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  So
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  instead
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  of
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  going
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  back
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  to
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  Denver
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  and
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  because
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  he
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  had
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  been
• 4:04
  in
• 4:05
  the
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  military
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  during
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  the
• 4:06
  war,
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  he
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  was
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  eligible
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  to
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  participate
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  in
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  what
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  they
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  called
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  the
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  Inter
• 4:10
  Ally
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  Games,
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  which
• 4:12
  was
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  a,
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  it
• 4:13
  was
• 4:13
  actually,
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  it
• 4:14
  was
• 4:14
  kind
• 4:14
  of
• 4:14
  like
• 4:14
  a
• 4:14
  mini
• 4:15
  Olympics,
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  but
• 4:16
  it
• 4:16
  was
• 4:16
  only
• 4:16
  for
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  men
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  and
• 4:19
  it
• 4:19
  was
• 4:19
  only
• 4:19
  men,
• 4:20
  men
• 4:20
  who
• 4:20
  served
• 4:20
  in
• 4:21
  the
• 4:21
  military
• 4:22
  during
• 4:22
  World
• 4:23
  War
• 4:23
  I.
• 4:24
  So
• 4:24
  it
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  was
• 4:24
  held,
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  you
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  know,
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  basically
• 4:25
  in
• 4:25
  Paris.
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  But
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  they,
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  you
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  know,
• 4:27
  they,
• 4:27
  they
• 4:27
  had
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  all
• 4:28
  kind,
• 4:28
  you
• 4:28
  name
• 4:28
  it,
• 4:29
  you
• 4:29
  know,
• 4:29
  all
• 4:29
  kinds
• 4:30
  of
• 4:30
  sports.
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  So
• 4:31
  he
• 4:31
  goes
• 4:31
  over
• 4:32
  there
• 4:32
  and
• 4:32
  he
• 4:32
  wins
• 4:33
  the
• 4:33
  championship
• 4:33
  in
• 4:34
  the
• 4:34
  Inter
• 4:34
  Allied
• 4:35
  Games.
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  But
• 4:37
  he
• 4:37
  then
• 4:37
  comes
• 4:38
  back
• 4:38
  to
• 4:38
  Yale
• 4:38
  for
• 4:38
  the
• 4:39
  fall
• 4:39
  of
• 4:39
  1919
• 4:40
  and
• 4:41
  goes
• 4:41
  out
• 4:41
  for
• 4:41
  football.
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  And
• 4:43
  I
• 4:43
  mean,
• 4:44
  best
• 4:44
  as
• 4:44
  I
• 4:44
  can
• 4:44
  tell,
• 4:45
  he,
• 4:45
  he
• 4:45
  was
• 4:45
  on
• 4:46
  the
• 4:46
  team
• 4:46
  for
• 4:46
  a
• 4:46
  couple
• 4:47
  of
• 4:47
  years.
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  And
• 4:49
  I
• 4:49
  know
• 4:49
  he
• 4:49
  got
• 4:50
  into
• 4:50
  some
• 4:50
  games
• 4:51
  because
• 4:51
  I
• 4:52
  find
• 4:52
  his
• 4:53
  name
• 4:53
  in
• 4:53
  like
• 4:53
  the
• 4:53
  substitution,
• 4:54
  you
• 4:55
  know,
• 4:55
  list.
• 4:57
  So
• 4:58
  he
• 4:58
  played,
• 4:58
  but
• 4:58
  he
• 4:58
  wasn't
• 4:59
  like
• 4:59
  some
• 4:59
  big
• 5:00
  football
• 5:00
  player.
• 5:02
  And
• 5:02
  then
• 5:03
  in
• 5:03
  1920,
• 5:04
  he
• 5:04
  goes
• 5:06
  to
• 5:06
  Paris
• 5:07
  again
• 5:07
  for
• 5:08
  the
• 5:08
  1920
• 5:09
  Olympics
• 5:09
  and
• 5:09
  he
• 5:09
  wins
• 5:10
  a
• 5:10
  gold
• 5:10
  medal,
• 5:10
  wins
• 5:11
  the
• 5:11
  middleweight,
• 5:11
  you
• 5:12
  know,
• 5:12
  title.
• 5:14
  He
• 5:15
  comes
• 5:15
  back
• 5:15
  to
• 5:16
  Yale
• 5:16
  and
• 5:16
  starts
• 5:17
  the
• 5:17
  boxing
• 5:17
  program.
• 5:18
  So
• 5:18
  before
• 5:19
  that,
• 5:19
  you
• 5:19
  know,
• 5:19
  they
• 5:20
  must
• 5:20
  have
• 5:20
  had
• 5:20
  it
• 5:20
  as
• 5:20
  kind
• 5:21
  of
• 5:21
  like
• 5:21
  an
• 5:21
  intramural
• 5:22
  sort
• 5:22
  of
• 5:22
  thing
• 5:22
  or
• 5:22
  club,
• 5:23
  but
• 5:23
  he
• 5:23
  gets
• 5:24
  it
• 5:24
  going
• 5:24
  as
• 5:24
  a
• 5:24
  varsity
• 5:25
  sport.
• 5:26
  And
• 5:27
  interestingly,
• 5:27
  one
• 5:28
  of
• 5:28
  the
• 5:28
  guys
• 5:28
  who
• 5:28
  later
• 5:29
  coaches
• 5:30
  the
• 5:30
  boxing
• 5:31
  team
• 5:31
  at
• 5:31
  Yale
• 5:31
  is
• 5:32
  Gerald
• 5:32
  Ford
• 5:33
  who
• 5:33
  becomes,
• 5:34
  you
• 5:34
  know,
• 5:34
  U.S.
• 5:34
  president.
• 5:36
  He
• 5:36
  went
• 5:36
  to
• 5:36
  law
• 5:36
  school
• 5:36
  at
• 5:37
  Yale
• 5:37
  and
• 5:37
  was
• 5:37
  an
• 5:38
  assistant
• 5:38
  football
• 5:38
  coach
• 5:39
  and
• 5:39
  was
• 5:39
  the
• 5:39
  boxing
• 5:40
  coach
• 5:40
  while
• 5:40
  he
• 5:41
  was
• 5:41
  there.
• 5:42
  So
• 5:42
  then
• 5:43
  this
• 5:43
  Egan
• 5:44
  guy,
• 5:44
  he
• 5:44
  graduates,
• 5:46
  is
• 5:47
  a
• 5:47
  Rhodes
• 5:47
  scholar.
• 5:48
  So
• 5:48
  he
• 5:48
  goes
• 5:49
  to,
• 5:50
  you
• 5:51
  know,
• 5:51
  goes
• 5:51
  to
• 5:51
  England,
• 5:52
  gets
• 5:52
  a
• 5:53
  PhD
• 5:53
  in
• 5:53
  law,
• 5:54
  comes
• 5:55
  back
• 5:55
  and
• 5:55
  becomes
• 5:56
  a
• 5:56
  successful
• 5:56
  US
• 5:57
  lawyer.
• 5:57
  So,
• 5:57
  you
• 5:57
  know,
• 5:57
  he's
• 5:58
  just
• 5:58
  living
• 5:59
  the
• 5:59
  life
• 6:00
  and
• 6:02
  you
• 6:02
  know,
• 6:02
  living
• 6:02
  in
• 6:02
  New
• 6:03
  York
• 6:03
  City
• 6:04
  and
• 6:04
  kind
• 6:05
  of
• 6:05
  everything's
• 6:05
  just
• 6:05
  like
• 6:05
  a
• 6:06
  normal,
• 6:07
  influential,
• 6:08
  rich
• 6:08
  guy
• 6:08
  life.
• 6:10
  But
• 6:10
  then
• 6:10
  in
• 6:11
  1932,
• 6:12
  one
• 6:12
  of
• 6:12
  his
• 6:12
  buddies
• 6:13
  who
• 6:13
  was
• 6:13
  the
• 6:14
  captain
• 6:14
  of
• 6:14
  the
• 6:15
  Olympic
• 6:16
  bobsled
• 6:17
  team,
• 6:18
  the
• 6:18
  four
• 6:18
  man
• 6:19
  team,
• 6:19
  ends
• 6:20
  up
• 6:20
  losing
• 6:21
  one
• 6:21
  of
• 6:21
  his
• 6:21
  pushers
• 6:24
  shortly
• 6:24
  before
• 6:24
  the
• 6:25
  Olympics
• 6:25
  because
• 6:26
  the
• 6:26
  guy
• 6:26
  was
• 6:26
  qualified
• 6:27
  for
• 6:27
  like
• 6:27
  two
• 6:27
  man
• 6:28
  or
• 6:28
  individual
• 6:28
  or,
• 6:29
  you
• 6:29
  know,
• 6:29
  whatever.
• 6:31
  So
• 6:31
  then
• 6:31
  the,
• 6:32
  so
• 6:32
  this
• 6:33
  guy
• 6:33
  says,
• 6:33
  hey,
• 6:33
  can
• 6:33
  you,
• 6:34
  you
• 6:34
  know,
• 6:34
  knowing
• 6:34
  this
• 6:34
  guy's
• 6:35
  pretty
• 6:35
  strong,
• 6:35
  but
• 6:35
  whatever,
• 6:36
  hey,
• 6:36
  can
• 6:36
  you
• 6:37
  join
• 6:38
  my
• 6:38
  team,
• 6:39
  be
• 6:39
  a
• 6:39
  pusher?
• 6:39
  So
• 6:39
  here's
• 6:40
  a
• 6:40
  guy
• 6:40
  you've
• 6:40
  never,
• 6:41
  you
• 6:42
  may
• 6:42
  not
• 6:42
  have
• 6:42
  ever
• 6:42
  seen
• 6:42
  a
• 6:43
  bobsled
• 6:43
  before,
• 6:44
  but
• 6:44
  he
• 6:45
  ends
• 6:45
  up
• 6:45
  on
• 6:46
  the
• 6:46
  Olympic
• 6:46
  team
• 6:47
  and
• 6:48
  at
• 6:49
  Lake
• 6:49
  Placid,
• 6:50
  and
• 6:50
  they
• 6:50
  win
• 6:51
  the
• 6:51
  gold.
• 6:52
  Wow.
• 6:54
  You
• 6:54
  know,
• 6:54
  I
• 6:55
  just
• 6:55
  think
• 6:55
  it's
• 6:55
  so
• 6:55
  funny
• 6:56
  that
• 6:56
  here's
• 6:56
  this
• 6:56
  guy
• 6:57
  who,
• 6:57
  you
• 6:58
  know,
• 6:59
  was
• 6:59
  a
• 6:59
  college
• 7:00
  football
• 7:00
  player,
• 7:00
  you
• 7:01
  know,
• 7:01
  real
• 7:01
  good
• 7:01
  program,
• 7:02
  but
• 7:02
  he
• 7:02
  was,
• 7:02
  you
• 7:03
  know,
• 7:03
  Olympic
• 7:03
  gold.
• 7:05
  He
• 7:05
  actually
• 7:05
  was
• 7:06
  in
• 7:06
  the
• 7:06
  24
• 7:06
  Olympics
• 7:07
  as
• 7:07
  a
• 7:07
  boxer,
• 7:07
  too,
• 7:08
  but
• 7:08
  got
• 7:08
  knocked
• 7:09
  out
• 7:09
  fairly
• 7:10
  early
• 7:10
  on,
• 7:11
  and
• 7:11
  then.
• 7:13
  And
• 7:13
  then
• 7:13
  he
• 7:13
  ends
• 7:13
  up
• 7:14
  winning
• 7:14
  an
• 7:14
  Olympic
• 7:15
  gold.
• 7:15
  So
• 7:16
  he's
• 7:16
  the
• 7:17
  only
• 7:17
  guy
• 7:18
  who
• 7:18
  has.
• 7:19
  Has
• 7:19
  won
• 7:20
  gold
• 7:20
  medals
• 7:20
  in
• 7:21
  the
• 7:21
  winter
• 7:21
  and
• 7:22
  Summer
• 7:22
  Olympics
• 7:23
  in
• 7:23
  separate
• 7:24
  events.
• 7:25
  There,
• 7:25
  there
• 7:26
  was.
• 7:27
  I
• 7:27
  want
• 7:27
  to
• 7:27
  either
• 7:28
  guy
• 7:28
  or
• 7:28
  a
• 7:28
  woman,
• 7:28
  I'm
• 7:28
  not
• 7:29
  sure
• 7:30
  that
• 7:30
  won
• 7:31
  in
• 7:32
  the
• 7:32
  1920
• 7:32
  Olympics.
• 7:33
  Like,
• 7:34
  figure
• 7:34
  skating
• 7:34
  was
• 7:35
  a
• 7:35
  summer
• 7:35
  sport.
• 7:36
  So
• 7:37
  somebody
• 7:37
  won
• 7:38
  figure
• 7:38
  skating
• 7:39
  gold
• 7:39
  in
• 7:39
  20,
• 7:39
  and
• 7:40
  then
• 7:40
  24
• 7:40
  and
• 7:40
  28
• 7:41
  when
• 7:41
  it
• 7:41
  was
• 7:41
  winter.
• 7:42
  So
• 7:43
  they're
• 7:43
  officially
• 7:45
  gold
• 7:45
  medalist
• 7:45
  for
• 7:45
  both.
• 7:46
  But
• 7:46
  he's
• 7:46
  the
• 7:46
  only
• 7:46
  one
• 7:47
  who's
• 7:47
  done
• 7:47
  it
• 7:47
  for
• 7:48
  two.
• 7:48
  Two
• 7:48
  distinct
• 7:49
  sports.
• 7:51
  So
• 7:52
  then
• 7:52
  just
• 7:52
  one
• 7:52
  other,
• 7:53
  you
• 7:53
  know,
• 7:53
  weird
• 7:53
  thing
• 7:53
  about
• 7:54
  him
• 7:54
  is
• 7:55
  so
• 7:55
  after
• 7:55
  World
• 7:55
  War
• 7:56
  II,
• 7:56
  he
• 7:57
  had
• 7:57
  done
• 7:57
  some
• 7:57
  kind
• 7:57
  of
• 7:57
  administrative,
• 7:58
  you
• 7:58
  know,
• 7:58
  work
• 7:59
  during
• 7:59
  World
• 7:59
  War
• 7:59
  II,
• 8:00
  something
• 8:00
  with
• 8:00
  the
• 8:00
  air
• 8:00
  transport.
• 8:02
  And
• 8:03
  so
• 8:05
  he
• 8:05
  ends
• 8:05
  up
• 8:07
  the
• 8:07
  guy,
• 8:08
  Robert
• 8:08
  Ripley
• 8:09
  from
• 8:09
  Believe
• 8:10
  it
• 8:10
  or
• 8:10
  not,
• 8:11
  he
• 8:11
  had
• 8:11
  arranged
• 8:12
  to
• 8:13
  fly
• 8:14
  commercial
• 8:15
  flights
• 8:17
  on
• 8:18
  Pan
• 8:18
  American
• 8:18
  Airways
• 8:19
  and
• 8:20
  to
• 8:20
  try
• 8:20
  to
• 8:20
  set
• 8:21
  the
• 8:21
  world's
• 8:21
  record
• 8:22
  for
• 8:22
  fastest
• 8:23
  guy
• 8:24
  circumnavigating
• 8:25
  the
• 8:25
  globe
• 8:26
  on
• 8:26
  commercial
• 8:26
  flight.
• 8:28
  And
• 8:28
  then
• 8:29
  he
• 8:29
  gets
• 8:29
  sick
• 8:29
  right
• 8:29
  before
• 8:30
  it
• 8:30
  happens.
• 8:30
  So
• 8:32
  Egan
• 8:33
  takes
• 8:33
  his
• 8:33
  place.
• 8:36
  He
• 8:36
  sets
• 8:36
  a
• 8:37
  world
• 8:37
  record
• 8:37
  for
• 8:37
  circumstances
• 8:38
  circumnavigating,
• 8:39
  which
• 8:40
  today
• 8:40
  you
• 8:40
  could
• 8:41
  do,
• 8:41
  you
• 8:41
  know,
• 8:43
  probably
• 8:43
  within
• 8:43
  a
• 8:44
  day.
• 8:44
  Right,
• 8:44
  right.
• 8:45
  But
• 8:45
  it
• 8:45
  took
• 8:45
  147
• 8:46
  hours
• 8:47
  for
• 8:47
  him
• 8:47
  at
• 8:48
  the
• 8:48
  time.
• 8:50
  Egan's
• 8:50
  a
• 8:50
  real
• 8:50
  Johnny
• 8:51
  on
• 8:51
  the
• 8:51
  spot.
• 8:51
  He
• 8:52
  fills
• 8:52
  in
• 8:52
  for
• 8:52
  Bob
• 8:53
  Team,
• 8:53
  fills
• 8:53
  in
• 8:53
  for
• 8:53
  Ripley.
• 8:55
  Yeah,
• 8:56
  I
• 8:56
  mean,
• 8:56
  there's
• 8:56
  not
• 8:56
  many
• 8:57
  people
• 8:57
  who
• 8:57
  can
• 8:57
  claim
• 8:57
  to
• 8:58
  have,
• 8:59
  you
• 8:59
  know,
• 9:00
  meddled
• 9:01
  in
• 9:01
  boxing
• 9:01
  and,
• 9:02
  you
• 9:02
  know,
• 9:02
  shows
• 9:03
  he's
• 9:03
  like,
• 9:04
  hey,
• 9:04
  why
• 9:04
  don't
• 9:05
  you
• 9:05
  ask
• 9:05
  Ken?
• 9:06
  Yeah,
• 9:06
  hey,
• 9:08
  yeah,
• 9:08
  I
• 9:08
  think
• 9:09
  there's
• 9:09
  a
• 9:09
  lot
• 9:09
  of
• 9:09
  amazing
• 9:10
  things
• 9:10
  about
• 9:10
  that.
• 9:11
  But
• 9:11
  sit
• 9:11
  here
• 9:11
  and
• 9:11
  think
• 9:11
  about
• 9:12
  what,
• 9:12
  what
• 9:12
  they're
• 9:12
  doing
• 9:13
  over
• 9:13
  in
• 9:13
  Europe.
• 9:13
  So
• 9:14
  1919,
• 9:14
  they
• 9:15
  have
• 9:15
  this.
• 9:15
  And
• 9:15
  I
• 9:16
  know
• 9:16
  it's
• 9:16
  not
• 9:16
  the
• 9:16
  spectacles
• 9:17
  it
• 9:17
  is
• 9:17
  today,
• 9:17
  but
• 9:18
  to
• 9:18
  have
• 9:18
  a
• 9:18
  major
• 9:20
  world
• 9:20
  competition
• 9:21
  in,
• 9:22
  you
• 9:22
  know,
• 9:22
  France
• 9:23
  a
• 9:23
  year
• 9:24
  after
• 9:24
  the
• 9:24
  war
• 9:24
  is
• 9:24
  done,
• 9:25
  and
• 9:25
  then
• 9:25
  two
• 9:25
  years
• 9:25
  after
• 9:26
  hosting
• 9:26
  Olympics,
• 9:27
  I
• 9:27
  mean,
• 9:27
  that's
• 9:28
  got
• 9:28
  to
• 9:28
  be
• 9:28
  a
• 9:28
  pretty
• 9:28
  tall
• 9:29
  task
• 9:29
  for
• 9:29
  those
• 9:29
  folks
• 9:30
  to
• 9:30
  have
• 9:30
  to
• 9:30
  do.
• 9:30
  Yeah,
• 9:31
  yeah.
• 9:32
  You
• 9:32
  know,
• 9:32
  so,
• 9:33
  like,
• 9:33
  back
• 9:34
  then,
• 9:34
  I
• 9:34
  don't
• 9:35
  think.
• 9:36
  I
• 9:36
  don't
• 9:36
  think
• 9:37
  people
• 9:37
  were
• 9:37
  even,
• 9:37
  like,
• 9:37
  building
• 9:38
  new
• 9:38
  facilities
• 9:39
  for
• 9:40
  the
• 9:40
  Olympics
• 9:41
  at
• 9:41
  the
• 9:41
  time.
• 9:41
  And
• 9:41
  there
• 9:41
  were
• 9:41
  so
• 9:42
  much
• 9:42
  so
• 9:42
  far
• 9:42
  Fewer
• 9:43
  events.
• 9:44
  Right.
• 9:45
  So
• 9:45
  it
• 9:45
  may
• 9:45
  not
• 9:46
  have
• 9:46
  been
• 9:46
  as
• 9:47
  big
• 9:47
  a
• 9:47
  deal.
• 9:47
  And
• 9:48
  I
• 9:48
  think
• 9:48
  for
• 9:48
  the,
• 9:48
  I
• 9:49
  mean,
• 9:49
  just
• 9:49
  from
• 9:49
  a
• 9:49
  logistics
• 9:50
  standpoint
• 9:51
  and
• 9:51
  infrastructure,
• 9:52
  but,
• 9:53
  you
• 9:53
  know,
• 9:53
  I
• 9:53
  think
• 9:53
  for
• 9:53
  them
• 9:54
  it
• 9:54
  was
• 9:54
  like,
• 9:54
  you
• 9:54
  know,
• 9:54
  this
• 9:55
  just
• 9:55
  shows
• 9:55
  that
• 9:56
  we're,
• 9:56
  you
• 9:56
  know,
• 9:57
  we're
• 9:57
  back
• 9:57
  to
• 9:57
  peacetime,
• 9:58
  you
• 9:58
  know,
• 9:58
  we're
• 9:59
  going
• 9:59
  strong,
• 10:00
  you
• 10:00
  know,
• 10:00
  whatever.
• 10:01
  You
• 10:01
  still
• 10:02
  got
• 10:02
  to
• 10:02
  have
• 10:02
  a
• 10:02
  place
• 10:02
  for
• 10:03
  athletes
• 10:03
  to
• 10:03
  stay
• 10:04
  and
• 10:04
  everything.
• 10:04
  And.
• 10:05
  And
• 10:05
  you
• 10:05
  think
• 10:05
  about
• 10:05
  Egan,
• 10:06
  you
• 10:06
  know,
• 10:07
  he's
• 10:07
  back
• 10:07
  and
• 10:07
  forth
• 10:08
  from
• 10:08
  where
• 10:08
  I'm
• 10:09
  sure
• 10:09
  they
• 10:09
  didn't
• 10:09
  have
• 10:09
  air
• 10:09
  travel
• 10:10
  back
• 10:10
  when
• 10:11
  he
• 10:11
  did
• 10:11
  it.
• 10:11
  So
• 10:12
  he
• 10:12
  went
• 10:12
  across
• 10:12
  the
• 10:12
  Atlantic
• 10:13
  by
• 10:13
  boat,
• 10:13
  you
• 10:14
  know,
• 10:14
  three
• 10:14
  times
• 10:14
  in
• 10:15
  what,
• 10:15
  three
• 10:15
  years.
• 10:16
  Yeah,
• 10:17
  yeah,
• 10:18
  yeah.
• 10:18
  So,
• 10:18
  I
• 10:19
  mean,
• 10:19
  it's.
• 10:20
  Yeah,
• 10:20
  it's
• 10:20
  just
• 10:20
  one
• 10:20
  of
• 10:21
  those
• 10:21
  weird
• 10:21
  stories.
• 10:21
  It's
• 10:22
  just,
• 10:23
  I
• 10:23
  mean,
• 10:23
  I,
• 10:24
  you
• 10:24
  know,
• 10:24
  I
• 10:24
  mean,
• 10:24
  I
• 10:25
  watch
• 10:25
  like
• 10:25
  the
• 10:25
  bobsledding
• 10:26
  when
• 10:26
  it's
• 10:26
  on.
• 10:27
  Right.
• 10:28
  But
• 10:29
  otherwise,
• 10:30
  I
• 10:30
  mean,
• 10:30
  it
• 10:30
  just,
• 10:31
  I
• 10:32
  know
• 10:32
  they
• 10:32
  train
• 10:32
  hard
• 10:32
  and
• 10:33
  they,
• 10:33
  you
• 10:33
  know,
• 10:33
  select
• 10:34
  these
• 10:34
  athletes,
• 10:35
  but,
• 10:35
  you
• 10:35
  know,
• 10:35
  they
• 10:35
  still
• 10:35
  have
• 10:36
  the
• 10:36
  pusher
• 10:36
  types.
• 10:36
  Right?
• 10:37
  Yeah,
• 10:38
  but
• 10:38
  just
• 10:38
  the
• 10:39
  idea
• 10:39
  of,
• 10:39
  like,
• 10:40
  hey,
• 10:40
  are
• 10:40
  you
• 10:40
  available?
• 10:43
  And
• 10:43
  you're
• 10:43
  on
• 10:43
  the
• 10:43
  Olympic
• 10:44
  team,
• 10:44
  you.
• 10:44
  Know,
• 10:45
  there
• 10:46
  have
• 10:46
  been
• 10:46
  some
• 10:46
  famous,
• 10:47
  like,
• 10:47
  football
• 10:48
  players.
• 10:48
  Like,
• 10:48
  didn't
• 10:48
  Herschel
• 10:49
  Walker
• 10:49
  push
• 10:49
  for
• 10:50
  bobsled
• 10:50
  team?
• 10:51
  Yeah.
• 10:51
  Some
• 10:51
  other
• 10:52
  football
• 10:52
  players
• 10:52
  I
• 10:52
  think
• 10:52
  have
• 10:53
  done
• 10:53
  it
• 10:53
  too.
• 10:53
  So.
• 10:53
  Interesting.
• 10:55
  He
• 10:55
  must
• 10:55
  have
• 10:55
  been
• 10:55
  the
• 10:55
  first.
• 10:56
  He's
• 10:56
  a
• 10:56
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• 10:58
  He
• 10:58
  was.
• 10:58
  And
• 10:58
  then,
• 10:59
  then
• 10:59
  I
• 10:59
  don't
• 10:59
  think
• 11:00
  anybody
• 11:00
  else
• 11:00
  did
• 11:00
  it
• 11:00
  for
• 11:00
  quite
• 11:01
  some
• 11:01
  time,
• 11:01
  but.
• 11:02
  Right.
• 11:03
  Old
• 11:03
  Eddie
• 11:04
  did
• 11:04
  and
• 11:04
  he
• 11:04
  actually,
• 11:05
  they
• 11:05
  ended
• 11:06
  up
• 11:06
  in
• 11:06
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• 11:06
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• 11:06
  At
• 11:06
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• 11:07
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• 11:07
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• 11:07
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• 11:07
  they.
• 11:08
  They
• 11:08
  put
• 11:08
  out
• 11:08
  a
• 11:09
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• 11:09
  stamp,
• 11:10
  you
• 11:10
  know,
• 11:10
  with
• 11:11
  him.
• 11:11
  Oh,
• 11:12
  amazing.
• 11:14
  Well,
• 11:14
  that
• 11:15
  is
• 11:15
  an
• 11:15
  amazing
• 11:15
  story,
• 11:16
  Tim.
• 11:16
  And
• 11:16
  you
• 11:17
  seem
• 11:17
  to.
• 11:17
  To
• 11:18
  find
• 11:18
  these
• 11:18
  little,
• 11:19
  you
• 11:19
  know,
• 11:19
  you
• 11:19
  call
• 11:19
  them
• 11:19
  your
• 11:20
  tidbits.
• 11:20
  They're
• 11:21
  these
• 11:21
  little
• 11:21
  tricks,
• 11:22
  trinkets
• 11:22
  through
• 11:22
  history
• 11:23
  that
• 11:23
  we
• 11:24
  can't
• 11:24
  appreciate
• 11:25
  because
• 11:25
  nobody
• 11:26
  remembers
• 11:26
  a
• 11:26
  guy
• 11:26
  did
• 11:27
  this
• 11:27
  over
• 11:27
  100
• 11:28
  years
• 11:28
  ago.
• 11:28
  But
• 11:29
  you
• 11:29
  do
• 11:29
  this
• 11:29
  quite
• 11:30
  often
• 11:30
  in
• 11:30
  your
• 11:30
  tidbits.
• 11:31
  Maybe
• 11:31
  you
• 11:31
  could
• 11:31
  share
• 11:31
  with
• 11:31
  people
• 11:32
  where
• 11:32
  they
• 11:32
  could
• 11:32
  find
• 11:32
  more
• 11:33
  of
• 11:33
  your
• 11:33
  information
• 11:34
  you
• 11:34
  put
• 11:34
  out.
• 11:35
  Yeah,
• 11:35
  just.
• 11:36
  So
• 11:37
  my
• 11:37
  website,
• 11:38
  it's
• 11:38
  a
• 11:38
  substack,
• 11:39
  footballarchaeology.com
• 11:41
  just
• 11:41
  go
• 11:41
  there,
• 11:42
  you
• 11:42
  know,
• 11:43
  either
• 11:43
  just
• 11:43
  bookmark
• 11:44
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• 11:44
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• 11:44
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• 11:45
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• 11:45
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• 11:45
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• 11:45
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• 11:46
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• 11:47
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• 11:47
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• 11:47
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• 11:47
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• 11:48
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• 11:48
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• 11:49
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• 11:49
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• 11:49
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• 11:49
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• 11:49
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• 11:49
  email
• 11:50
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• 11:50
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• 11:50
  every
• 11:50
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• 11:51
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• 11:52
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• 11:52
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• 11:52
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• 11:53
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• 11:53
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• 11:53
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• 11:53
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• 11:54
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• 11:54
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• 11:54
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• 11:55
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• 11:55
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• 11:55
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• 11:55
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• 11:57
  So.
• 11:57
  And
• 11:57
  then,
• 11:57
  you
• 11:57
  know,
• 11:58
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• 11:58
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• 11:58
  my
• 12:00
  author
• 12:00
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• 12:01
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• 12:01
  On,
• 12:05
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• 12:05
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• 12:05
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• 12:05
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• 12:05
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• 12:06
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• 12:06
  all
• 12:06
  that
• 12:06
  kind
• 12:06
  of
• 12:06
  stuff,
• 12:07
  which
• 12:07
  is,
• 12:07
  you
• 12:07
  know,
• 12:08
  just
• 12:08
  look
• 12:08
  me
• 12:08
  up
• 12:08
  and
• 12:08
  you
• 12:09
  can
• 12:09
  find
• 12:09
  it
• 12:10
  all
• 12:10
  right.
• 12:11
  Amazing
• 12:11
  stuff
• 12:11
  as
• 12:12
  always
• 12:12
  Tim.
• 12:12
  We
• 12:12
  really
• 12:12
  appreciate
• 12:13
  you
• 12:13
  coming
• 12:13
  on
• 12:13
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• 12:13
  sharing
• 12:14
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• 12:15
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• 12:15
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• 12:15
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• 12:15
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• 12:16
  and
• 12:16
  we'd
• 12:16
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• 12:16
  to
• 12:16
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• 12:16
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• 12:17
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• 12:17
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• 12:17
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• 12:17
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• 12:18
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• 12:18
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• 12:19
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• 12:19
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