Just a warning if you decide to watch the following. It is touching but it is also sad.
The back of Fleer Football card #36 from 1961 told the story Baltimore’s Bill Pellington, “This rugged character is the cop of the Colts. He keeps the other teams in line with a tremendously competitive brand of play as a corner linebacker on the left side. He made it the hard way in pro ball, reporting to the Colts as a free agent in 1953 after an obscure college career as a [Rutgers] guard and after being released by Cleveland. Bill never even made his high school team, yet defensive coach Charley Winner of the Colts considers him the key man in their defense.” In what's considered "The Greatest Game Ever Played" -- the December 28, 1958 Colts overtime win against the Giants for the NFL Championship -- Bill Pellington was captain of the Colts defense. The game is considered the start of the televised monster NFL Football has become.
On April 27, 1994, Bill Pellington died of Alzheimer's. His son Mike made a 9-minute documentary about his dad and his own life back in 2012. You can watch it at the link below. It contains images of Mike trying to communicate with his dad interspersed with other material. Just wanted to let you all know that if you decide to watch.
http://www.sbnation.com/longform/20...ootball?_ga=1.166522238.1944808406.1463534317
The back of Fleer Football card #36 from 1961 told the story Baltimore’s Bill Pellington, “This rugged character is the cop of the Colts. He keeps the other teams in line with a tremendously competitive brand of play as a corner linebacker on the left side. He made it the hard way in pro ball, reporting to the Colts as a free agent in 1953 after an obscure college career as a [Rutgers] guard and after being released by Cleveland. Bill never even made his high school team, yet defensive coach Charley Winner of the Colts considers him the key man in their defense.” In what's considered "The Greatest Game Ever Played" -- the December 28, 1958 Colts overtime win against the Giants for the NFL Championship -- Bill Pellington was captain of the Colts defense. The game is considered the start of the televised monster NFL Football has become.
On April 27, 1994, Bill Pellington died of Alzheimer's. His son Mike made a 9-minute documentary about his dad and his own life back in 2012. You can watch it at the link below. It contains images of Mike trying to communicate with his dad interspersed with other material. Just wanted to let you all know that if you decide to watch.
http://www.sbnation.com/longform/20...ootball?_ga=1.166522238.1944808406.1463534317
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