BLOWING ROCK â We are approaching the end of an unusual football season, so why not reflect for a while on the life of an unusual man not just in college football, but all of college athletics? It is one of those inspiring stories of accomplishment that you hope can rub off on you, even if just a little bit.
A lot of people have met him, but only a relative few know his story.
How did a newly turned octogenarian who grew up in Morganton end up with Blowing Rock as a permanent residence? Well, it was a convoluted path, one that took him north, east, west, and south.