Orangeyes
R.I.P Dan
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Vinnie Cohen passes
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longtimefan
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Nice piece.
It's a shame that we are educated about so many distinguished alums primarily in their obits.
DCCuse
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Thanks for sharing. Never got to meet him, but did meet his son a few times during my days in DC. Would be nice to see the hoops team honor him this season.
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RIP VC
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From Jim Brown's autobiography "Out of Bounds":
"Early on at Skytop, I met Vinnie Choen, who sounds Jewish but he's a black dude from Boy's High in Brooklyn. One day Viinie was leaving a barrack. I was shooting outdoor hoops. I said, "Hey, man, you play basketball? Vinnie said "Yeah, I play a little".
I was cocky. Me and my 38 point average in high school. Already Vinnie ahd a minor gut. I figured I'd own him. Figured wrong. Vinnie was only 6-1 but he had fire in his belly. He could leap, also woned a murderous J. We played until exhaustion, and the beginning of friendship.
Vinnie became my closest partner and my idea of a great young American. Vinnie had no scholarship, either, went on to graduate with honors, become a basketball All-American. Vinnie fell in love with the first girl he met in college, marrie dher. They're still together today. After a styint at the State Department, Vinnie's now the managing partner of a powerful DC law firm. And I had assumed he was just some funny-looking black cat. After Vinnie shaked me, baked mepopped his jumper in my face, I made a mental note:'Don't underestimate, dummy!'"
"Early on at Skytop, I met Vinnie Choen, who sounds Jewish but he's a black dude from Boy's High in Brooklyn. One day Viinie was leaving a barrack. I was shooting outdoor hoops. I said, "Hey, man, you play basketball? Vinnie said "Yeah, I play a little".
I was cocky. Me and my 38 point average in high school. Already Vinnie ahd a minor gut. I figured I'd own him. Figured wrong. Vinnie was only 6-1 but he had fire in his belly. He could leap, also woned a murderous J. We played until exhaustion, and the beginning of friendship.
Vinnie became my closest partner and my idea of a great young American. Vinnie had no scholarship, either, went on to graduate with honors, become a basketball All-American. Vinnie fell in love with the first girl he met in college, marrie dher. They're still together today. After a styint at the State Department, Vinnie's now the managing partner of a powerful DC law firm. And I had assumed he was just some funny-looking black cat. After Vinnie shaked me, baked mepopped his jumper in my face, I made a mental note:'Don't underestimate, dummy!'"
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When I was a kid, I saw him play for SU a couple of times. Vinnie could ball, man. Believe I saw him play in the Jefferson St. Armory once--guess there was something else going on in Archbold--Jon Cincebox was on the team. Not sure if Jim Brown played that year. Brown was honorable mention all-america as a soph; he didn't play anymore after that. As I remember...
