RIP Tom Dempsey
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Bob78164
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RIP Tom Dempsey
Tom Dempsey, whose 63-yard game-winning field goal remained the record for more than 40 years, has died of COVID 19. --Bob
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Re: RIP Tom Dempsey
I was so sorry to hear that. My clearest memory of it happening was seeing a clip of Alex Karras on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. It went something like this, with a deadpan Karras saying, "And the only reason most of the defense was out there was to get a front row seat for this ridiculous attempt. But then it wasn't so ridiculous." Or something like that. I couldn't find that particular clip just now, maybe it was on a Best of Carson retrospective or something. But it wasn't Carson at his best, it was Karras.
Very sorry to lose Dempsey -- too soon.
Stay healthy, everybody.
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-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller