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Jerry Kramer, Dave Robinson, Bart Starr, and the HOF
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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 460086" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">kramerkid (aka Alicia Kramer),</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Thanks very much for contributing your point of view and for provided the information you have to this forum. I just glanced over the presentation (first link in her post) and will digest it fully when I have more time. I recommend it to others here. What I find most persuasive is the letters of recommendation from HOF'ers who actually played against your father. If I had a vote for the HOF, I would weigh those endorsements more heavily than those of his teammates. Even so, the sheer volume of recommendations is impressive. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">I am happy to read that Starr has sent letters supporting your father to the selection committee, even if he thinks others, like Skoronski, are more deserving. I wouldn't read too much into the King column as I trust Starr's word more than King's and perhaps Bart just wanted to get off the phone. In my opinion, the "money quote" from that article which refutes King's own reasoning why your father shouldn't be in the HOF is this: "</span><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: black">The fact that he was named to the NFL's 50th Anniversary Team and then not to the Hall of Fame ... I have no explanation for something that happened in 1969, but <strong>it's obviously curious that many of the same voters who judged him one of the greatest linemen ever then didn't back him for the Hall of Fame</strong>." Yes, that's "curious" indeed. </span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">Finally, as an old man myself allow me to convey this to you: Your love for, and devotion to your father has to mean much, much more to him than any accolades he could receive from any organization, including the Pro Football HOF.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">Thanks again. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 460086, member: 4300"] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]kramerkid (aka Alicia Kramer),[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]Thanks very much for contributing your point of view and for provided the information you have to this forum. I just glanced over the presentation (first link in her post) and will digest it fully when I have more time. I recommend it to others here. What I find most persuasive is the letters of recommendation from HOF'ers who actually played against your father. If I had a vote for the HOF, I would weigh those endorsements more heavily than those of his teammates. Even so, the sheer volume of recommendations is impressive. [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Tahoma]I am happy to read that Starr has sent letters supporting your father to the selection committee, even if he thinks others, like Skoronski, are more deserving. I wouldn't read too much into the King column as I trust Starr's word more than King's and perhaps Bart just wanted to get off the phone. In my opinion, the "money quote" from that article which refutes King's own reasoning why your father shouldn't be in the HOF is this: "[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=black]The fact that he was named to the NFL's 50th Anniversary Team and then not to the Hall of Fame ... I have no explanation for something that happened in 1969, but [B]it's obviously curious that many of the same voters who judged him one of the greatest linemen ever then didn't back him for the Hall of Fame[/B]." Yes, that's "curious" indeed. [/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=tahoma]Finally, as an old man myself allow me to convey this to you: Your love for, and devotion to your father has to mean much, much more to him than any accolades he could receive from any organization, including the Pro Football HOF.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=tahoma]Thanks again. [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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