Tuesday, June 3, 2008

River Rats Browns Backers Celebrity Golf Tournament


This year the River Rats Browns Backers Celebrity Golf Tournament will be on June 14th. Today all of the celebrities have confirmed their participation for that day. Joe "Turkey" Jones will travel here from Texas as he did last year, hopefully with a better return trip than he did last year. Others Browns making the trip to Marietta are Greg Pruitt, Anthony Griggs, Juston Flint, Don Cockroft, John Buddenburg, Bo Scott, Jiim Houston, Ross Fichtner, Jamie Caleb, and Stacy Hairston. Browns personnel making the trip down I77 are World Wide Browns Backers Coordinator, Bridget Huzicka; and Anthony Dick, Cleveland Browns Assistant Alumni Relations Director. Bridget will be hitting the links as a Celebrity this year and has informed me that she tool a couple of lessons to improve her game. We will be also get to meet and play golf with Jeb Schubert. His name is not a football hallmark but his grandfather was Pro Football Hall of Famer Lou "The Toe" Groza. This by no means finishes the line-up. Lance Mehl of the New York Jets, Carl Lee of the Minnesota Vikings, Scott Barrows of Marietta and the Detroit Lions, Tom Brown of the 1942 Pittsbubrgh Steelers, Derrick Ransom with Kansas City Chiefs, Arizona, and Jacksonville, Gary Jeter of the New York Giants. Also attending this years tournament is Brad Sellers of basketball fame ( I got to hear some great Michael Jordan stories), Larry Faulkner who was a professional boxer that was undefeated until injuries kept him from fighting, and Marietta College Baseball Coach Brian Brewer. There could be others attending and have been invited but have not confirmed. If you have any questions or comments about this tournament please feel free to leave a message here of send me an email at taylorl21@yahoo.com.

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