Being a few years younger than Bob, I will always remember he had quite a status as a basketball player! He was good. Passing the other 125 kids on Elm Street, one felt quite normal. But when seeing Bob, there was an Excitement, because in the 1960s he was a Basketball Hero. These were the days when youth worked hard at being Heroes, and Bob certainly fell into that category.
I still see the crowds loudly cheering him on at SS. Peter & Paul gym (now Holy Spirit). Bob’s gift was athletics and, more than a talent, it was a Gift. Needless to say, he was quite popular at school.
I’m glad, in a way, I didn’t know him in the final segment of his life, because this is how I remember him. In an age where Heroism is nearly dead, he was truly a powerful and dynamic Hero, to us boys on Elm Street. Well, Bob, thank you for so richly giving of yourself, for those positive lifetime Memories which have stood the test of time. Do say Hi! to Mom and Dad…
Steve Volk
Being a few years younger than Bob, I will always remember he had quite a status as a basketball player! He was good. Passing the other 125 kids on Elm Street, one felt quite normal. But when seeing Bob, there was an Excitement, because in the 1960s he was a Basketball Hero. These were the days when youth worked hard at being Heroes, and Bob certainly fell into that category.
I still see the crowds loudly cheering him on at SS. Peter & Paul gym (now Holy Spirit). Bob’s gift was athletics and, more than a talent, it was a Gift. Needless to say, he was quite popular at school.
I’m glad, in a way, I didn’t know him in the final segment of his life, because this is how I remember him. In an age where Heroism is nearly dead, he was truly a powerful and dynamic Hero, to us boys on Elm Street. Well, Bob, thank you for so richly giving of yourself, for those positive lifetime Memories which have stood the test of time. Do say Hi! to Mom and Dad…
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