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BringBackJoeT · 09-06-2011, 01:14 PM

I was waiting for my bags at the Phoenix airport next to Wes Unseld about ten years ago. I also ran into Riggo at BWI in '08 and got a picture with him. Through the in-laws of one of my brothers, I got into the A-list section of the Ky Derby last year and met Aaron Rogers, Arnold Palmer, and, last but not least, Kevin Willis. Also in '08, all of my brothers, and a few of our friends, decided to spend a weekend in Cooperstown. That was the year Goose got inducted. We were all at one of the two (or maybe three) "downtown" bars that Saturday night, and Goose walked in (he was in town for a walk-through for his ceremony). He hung out with us for awhile. Also, way back in '91-'92, I was living in San Antonio, which was the year Tark coached the team. He was walking down the River Walk when I saw him, and I shook his hand. Within a few minutes, he started getting recognized and essentially became Elvis (there was a whole lotta excitement about his hire down there when it happened, before he was run out of town at the end of the year). Also saw Derrick Coleman in an airport last year--wanted to tell him how sad I am for how miserable his life has become.

09-06-2011, 01:14 PM	#11
BringBackJoeT Impact Rookie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington D.C. Posts: 597	Re: Chance encounters with prominent sports figures? I was waiting for my bags at the Phoenix airport next to Wes Unseld about ten years ago. I also ran into Riggo at BWI in '08 and got a picture with him. Through the in-laws of one of my brothers, I got into the A-list section of the Ky Derby last year and met Aaron Rogers, Arnold Palmer, and, last but not least, Kevin Willis. Also in '08, all of my brothers, and a few of our friends, decided to spend a weekend in Cooperstown. That was the year Goose got inducted. We were all at one of the two (or maybe three) "downtown" bars that Saturday night, and Goose walked in (he was in town for a walk-through for his ceremony). He hung out with us for awhile. Also, way back in '91-'92, I was living in San Antonio, which was the year Tark coached the team. He was walking down the River Walk when I saw him, and I shook his hand. Within a few minutes, he started getting recognized and essentially became Elvis (there was a whole lotta excitement about his hire down there when it happened, before he was run out of town at the end of the year). Also saw Derrick Coleman in an airport last year--wanted to tell him how sad I am for how miserable his life has become.