Father Son

Sorry about no blog being sent but have been in the hospital with my Bariatric Surgery. I want to thank the ladies at the Cleveland Clinic M61 Desk. I received such fine care from them. The Doctors were all wonderful also. Thanks again to Jamie Caleb, Anthony Dick and Bob Markowitz for coming to visit me in Cleveland.

Sympathies and condolences go out to the friends and family of Monte Clark. I talked to him several times and got a good feel about his coaching and playing duties, a fine man that will be dearly missed.

Now to the meat of this blog. Father son combinations are not an unusual thing. This pair was anyting but usual. Dub Jones was picked by Paul Brown for his speed and agility. He told me stories about how his family lived during football camp and how his family all had duties. Imagine if one of young Bert Jones, Dub's son, had the dubious task of warming up Frank Ryan and Jim Nanowski in camp. Bert attributes alot his learned skills in this process. Details are in the Book.

Tom Brown

I mentioned awhile ago about a player from the 1942 Pittsburgh Steelers, Tom Brown. Tom and I visited a couple of times at the River Rats Browns Backers Celebrity Golf Tournament and in Cleveland brfore and after games. Tom has become a good friend and his wife Shirley is a jewel. I asked Tom who his quarterback was during his 1942 season. His reply was 1966 Pro Football Hall of Famer "Bullet Bill" Dudley. I called Bill and had a very pleasnt conversation with him about his years in football with the separation of seasons from serving in WWII. Bill had great things to say about Tom which I already knew. Tom also told me about the wonderful treatment that Dan Rooney gave him and all his Steelers players respect. To still proudly wears his Pittsburgh Steelers Ring given to hm and his team by Dan Rooney.