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Message: [QUOTE="victor, post: 896196, member: 2695"] Born in Havana Cuba. Moved to Solvay at the age of 12. Became an Orange man watching Jimmy Brown scoring all the points against TCU in the cotton bowl Dad became an Orange man when as a teenager when we went to watch Syracuse play Pitt at Archbold std. Pitt. line up for a tying field goal on the last play of the game and instead threw a pass in the end zone which Syracuse intercepted. We were sitting in the end zone and saw the play up close. Game over, Dad went wild and became a football fanatic since prior to that experience it was all baseball and boxing for him. I had the privilege of watching the 1959 team win the national championship and saw Ernie Davis win the the Heisman in 1961 which should had also been won in 1956 by Jimmy Brown instead of Paul H. Went to Syracuse U. as a townie in 1961. Dad died in as I was starting my freshman year which was very hard for both my mom and I to deal with since he was the best dad in the world. Those were the golden years of Syracuse football with Floyd Little and Jim Nance running wild along with John Mackey. Watched basketball at Manley with coach B. and Dave Bing, but basketball was not a big deal back then. Graduated in 1965 and went to work for Eastman Kodak and was drafted 6 months later into the army during the Viet Nam war. Luckily for me I spent all my time in the military after basic training behind a desk in Yuma Arizona. After my stint in the army, I went to work for DuPont in Virginia. I retired after working for them for 40 yrs. and still live in Va. I remember watching Syracuse beat N.C. on their way to their first final four at a bowling alley in Richmond with a bunch of ACC fans Boy was that sweet. The 1987 loss to Indiana broke my heart, and finally winning it in 2003 was great. Can't wait to start playing VPI again since I have some friends who are Tech fans and we had some great games with them including the time we beat them at Lane std. which I happened to watch seated in a Tech. section. Anyway I am life long die hard Syracuse fan and can't wait to see us return to football glory and get another national champioship in basketball. [/QUOTE]

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