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Nicely written article on Trippi opening on Page 1 of today's USA Today sports section with the remainder occupying a large chunk of page 8C.
Charlie Trippi was my first favorite Cardinal back in the mid 1940's. He scored 2 TD's on long runs (as did Elmer Angsmann) in the 28 - 21 Championship win over the Eagles in 1947. He was a left halfback who, I believe, may have played a couple of years under center toward the end of his career.
He's 91, lives in Georgia and was being featured as the oldest living player to be drafted #1 by the NFL. (Another interesting tidbit for those still smarting over our loss of Joe Namath to the Jets - Trippi was also drafted by New York in the All American Conference in 1946, but "we got him").
Charlie Trippi was my first favorite Cardinal back in the mid 1940's. He scored 2 TD's on long runs (as did Elmer Angsmann) in the 28 - 21 Championship win over the Eagles in 1947. He was a left halfback who, I believe, may have played a couple of years under center toward the end of his career.
He's 91, lives in Georgia and was being featured as the oldest living player to be drafted #1 by the NFL. (Another interesting tidbit for those still smarting over our loss of Joe Namath to the Jets - Trippi was also drafted by New York in the All American Conference in 1946, but "we got him").