Here's Bronko Nagurski doing something

In the 1990s, Holly and I were visiting Ohio for her high school reunion, so she decided we should make a side trip to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton.

Here's a cute story: There was a row of ancient photos across the top of a wall, and I was walking along looking at them one by one. There were no captions under the pictures. I figured Holly was behind me, so I gave a running commentary.

"Here's Bronko Nagurski doing something for the Bears, and here's Andy Robustelli doing something for the Giants. And here's Don Hutson catching a long pass for the Packers."

When I turned around, there were about 12 people walking along behind me, looking at the photos and listening to my commentary.

I only hope the information I gave was correct.

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