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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.LMAO, I was just about to post he's no Jeff Fisher or Chuck Pagano.
Bellino is from Winchester and played a few years with the Boston Patriots after his Active duty time was up.
It's perfectly normal, and typical and expected from a younger generation. I think almost all of us had something like that happen before. I'm happy you were able to reconnect later; it's a great story. College football isn't quite the big deal nationally today, compared to the NFL for example, as it was through the 40's & 50's. But the Heisman will always be a big deal. It's a tremendous honor, and Joe's in some exclusive company.God I'd love he hear the rest of clip from that show.
I have one Joe Bellino Story though. When I signed with the Quincy Giants I had to go Joe Bellino's office to do the playerwork. In his office he introduced himself to me and shook my hand, and then pointed out his Heisman Trophy. It then took about 2 minutes to finish up and I was out the door with the next guy coming in. He seemed like a pretty nice guy, and it was many years later before I met him again. But I still remember walking out the office with a copy of my contract (which paid me $250/game) and rememebering him pointing out the Heisman so proudly and thinking to my self, "what a douche"
I can't recall ever seeing him again that season, or for over a decade. Joe lived in Winchester and so did one of my weekly poker buddies. On night Joe showed up for poker night and he was great. Great stories, Great laughs, and he was a bad player. . Since then I've always felt a little bad for my initial reaction that summer night in August of 1969... But it was still a "little" bit douchie, don't you think.
God I'd love he hear the rest of clip from that show.
I have one Joe Bellino Story though. When I signed with the Quincy Giants I had to go Joe Bellino's office to do the playerwork. In his office he introduced himself to me and shook my hand, and then pointed out his Heisman Trophy. It then took about 2 minutes to finish up and I was out the door with the next guy coming in. He seemed like a pretty nice guy, and it was many years later before I met him again. But I still remember walking out the office with a copy of my contract (which paid me $250/game) and rememebering him pointing out the Heisman so proudly and thinking to my self, "what a douche"
I can't recall ever seeing him again that season, or for over a decade. Joe lived in Winchester and so did one of my weekly poker buddies. On night Joe showed up for poker night and he was great. Great stories, Great laughs, and he was a bad player. . Since then I've always felt a little bad for my initial reaction that summer night in August of 1969... But it was still a "little" bit douchie, don't you think.
That is SO wonderful. He's so intent and absorbed -- suddenly you can just see little Bill (he was 8 years old in 1960) doing that to show his Dad or when guests came round. Football is who he is. What it must do to him to be demonized by the rest of the NFL the way he is ...