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<blockquote data-quote="Thirteen Below" data-source="post: 1073268" data-attributes="member: 18006"><p>Two of them were somewhat friends of mine, although sadly one of them died at Rawhide. Todd was one of those kids who just was not able to stop irritating the hell out of people and running his mouth, no matter how many times people warned him that he was pushing it way too far. He just insisted on provoking people. That's probably not smart in a place like Rawhide, where you have a lot of "troubled youth", and some of the other kids finally decided "not today" and threw him headfirst into a manure pit. This was about 72, 73.</p><p></p><p>I don't blane Rawhide at all, of course. If those kids had not killed him then, some other kids would have a year or two later. They just were the first to go nuclear on him. Knowing Todd, I completely understand how that would happen. FAFO.</p><p></p><p>Hell of a way to die, though.</p><p></p><p>I've mentioned that I lived in Green Bay for a few years in the early 70s, and had the dream summer job of a lifetime working as a part of a cleanup crew at the old Brown County Arena. My first job, around 13 years old. At that time, the Packer Hall of Fame was located in the Brown County Arena, so we kids often met people from the Packer organization - including Bart Starr.</p><p></p><p>I remember a number of things about him, but one of the things I remember most clearly is how incredibly much he cared about us kids when we would mob him. He was sooo kind, warm, calm, quiet, laid back, and genuinely interested in how we were doing, what did we enjoy doing in our lives, how were our parents doing, did we have a lot of good friends, what we were looking forward to studying in school that fall. The man truly cared about every 13-year old child he met that summer at Brown County Arena. Nobody could possibly fake that.</p><p></p><p>I mean, instrad of being bothered by kids swarming around him, he seemed to feel <em>honored </em>by it. Literally grateful that he'd had that effect on so many kids. Not a burden, but a privilege, every single autograph that he signed. He almost always thanked the kids for asking him, and seemed to never fail telling them "you work hard in school, now." And sometimes add, "you'll be glad for it later". I can't explain it, but I've never seen that in any celebrity, before or since. He wanted to make a difference in kids' lives, and saw his celebrity as a way to do that. Maybe a small way, but... a <em>way</em>.</p><p></p><p>A lot of people don't know this, but as the MVP of both the first 2 Super Bowls, he won a brand new Corvette Stingray. When he won the second one, he decided one was enough because Cherry didn't like driving them. So he raffled the 2nd one off, and used the $40,000 to help found Camp Rawhide.</p><p></p><p>That was a man.</p><p></p><p>Edit: why is it that no matter how many times I proofread a comment before hitting "submit", I miss so damned many typos that literally jump off the page and claw madly at my eyeballs the instant I post it and read it for the first time?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thirteen Below, post: 1073268, member: 18006"] Two of them were somewhat friends of mine, although sadly one of them died at Rawhide. Todd was one of those kids who just was not able to stop irritating the hell out of people and running his mouth, no matter how many times people warned him that he was pushing it way too far. He just insisted on provoking people. That's probably not smart in a place like Rawhide, where you have a lot of "troubled youth", and some of the other kids finally decided "not today" and threw him headfirst into a manure pit. This was about 72, 73. I don't blane Rawhide at all, of course. If those kids had not killed him then, some other kids would have a year or two later. They just were the first to go nuclear on him. Knowing Todd, I completely understand how that would happen. FAFO. Hell of a way to die, though. I've mentioned that I lived in Green Bay for a few years in the early 70s, and had the dream summer job of a lifetime working as a part of a cleanup crew at the old Brown County Arena. My first job, around 13 years old. At that time, the Packer Hall of Fame was located in the Brown County Arena, so we kids often met people from the Packer organization - including Bart Starr. I remember a number of things about him, but one of the things I remember most clearly is how incredibly much he cared about us kids when we would mob him. He was sooo kind, warm, calm, quiet, laid back, and genuinely interested in how we were doing, what did we enjoy doing in our lives, how were our parents doing, did we have a lot of good friends, what we were looking forward to studying in school that fall. The man truly cared about every 13-year old child he met that summer at Brown County Arena. Nobody could possibly fake that. I mean, instrad of being bothered by kids swarming around him, he seemed to feel [I]honored [/I]by it. Literally grateful that he'd had that effect on so many kids. Not a burden, but a privilege, every single autograph that he signed. He almost always thanked the kids for asking him, and seemed to never fail telling them "you work hard in school, now." And sometimes add, "you'll be glad for it later". I can't explain it, but I've never seen that in any celebrity, before or since. He wanted to make a difference in kids' lives, and saw his celebrity as a way to do that. Maybe a small way, but... a [I]way[/I]. A lot of people don't know this, but as the MVP of both the first 2 Super Bowls, he won a brand new Corvette Stingray. When he won the second one, he decided one was enough because Cherry didn't like driving them. So he raffled the 2nd one off, and used the $40,000 to help found Camp Rawhide. That was a man. Edit: why is it that no matter how many times I proofread a comment before hitting "submit", I miss so damned many typos that literally jump off the page and claw madly at my eyeballs the instant I post it and read it for the first time? [/QUOTE]
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