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Post by jimsteel on Jun 1, 2022 22:31:36 GMT -5
R.I.P STEPHEN S. THOMPSON (1956 - 2022) Acclaimed novelist and screenwriter Stephen S. Thompson has died at the age of 56. Stephen wrote the powerful BBC drama Sitting In Limbo in response to his brother Anthony Bryan’s fight against deportation amidst the Windrush scandal.
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Post by jimsteel on Jun 1, 2022 22:34:48 GMT -5
Carl Boles a former outfielder in MLB passed away on April 8th at the age of 87. The following is an excerpt from his online obituary: "His family moved to Kansas where he became known as a multi-sport athlete. He signed to play football at the University of Nebraska but decided to join the U.S. Navy. He then returned to UAPB to play basketball and baseball. He joined the San Francisco Giants minor league system in 1959 and was called up in 1962 to play for the Giants as a backup to ‘Hall-of-Famer’ Willie Mays. Boles saw action in the 1962 World Series against the New York Yankees. The following year he was injured in spring training. He played in the Japan League for several years but returned to the U.S. as a scout for the Giants." Boles was 27 years old and hitting .337 with 18 home runs in the Double-A Texas League when the Giants recalled him in August 1962. His 19 games with the Giants included four starts as the club's left fielder, 12 pinch hitting assignments and three games as a pinch runner. In the 1962 National League tie-breaker series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boles pinch-ran for Ed Bailey in the eighth inning of the second playoff game and scored the Giants' seventh and tying run in a game they eventually lost, 8–7. San Francisco, however, won the National League championship the next day. In his two months with the Giants, Boles collected nine hits, all singles, and batted .375. He did not appear in the 1962 World Series, in which the Giants were defeated by the New York Yankees, four games to three. During Boles' six years in Japanese baseball, he showcased his power hitting, with seasons of 26, 28 and 31 home runs. He retired in 1971.
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Post by neilybob on Jun 2, 2022 6:09:19 GMT -5
These baseball names take me back to my baseball card collection.
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Post by jimsteel on Jun 2, 2022 21:48:49 GMT -5
Alden Roche, a former defensive end for nine seasons in the National Football League, passed away per media reports at the age of 77. Roche attended Southern University and was drafted in the 2nd round of the 1970 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos. After playing in 14 games for the Broncos, he was traded from the Denver Broncos to the Green Bay Packers for Don Horn on January 28, 1971 in a transaction that also included a swap of 1971 first-round picks; the Packers selected John Brockington with the 9th pick, the Broncos selected Marv Montgomery with the 12th pick. Roche was promptly given Lionel Aldridge's starting right defensive end position during that season and he held the job through his time with the Packers. He then played two more years with the Seattle Seahawks in 1977 and 1978 before retiring.
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Post by jimsteel on Jun 2, 2022 21:50:18 GMT -5
British actress Patricia Brake, best know to television viewers as Ingrid, daughter to Ronnie Barker's Norman Stanley Fletcher in 'Porridge' and its spin-off 'Going Straight', passed away on 28 May 2022, aged 79 years.
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Post by jimsteel on Jun 3, 2022 10:11:16 GMT -5
Bob Talamini, a former offensive lineman in the American Football League, passed away on May 31st at the age of 83. Talamini earned third-team All-SEC honors at the University of Kentucky and was drafted by the Houston Oilers of the American Football League. His professional career began with the AFL's first training camp in 1960, and was capped the day the New York Jets stunned the NFL's Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III on January 12, 1969. Hall of Famers George Blanda and Billy Cannon benefited from his blocking as the Oilers won the first two AFL Championships. Talamini was a first-team All-AFL player in 1962 and was a regular at American Football League All-Star games. He was selected for six straight All-Star games during his AFL career. Talamini anchored an offensive line that gave Blanda time to set passing records that would last for decades and opened holes for the likes of Cannon, Charlie Tolar, Sid Blanks and Hoyle Granger to run through. Talamini, Don Floyd and Jim Norton were the last of the original Oilers. After two AFL crowns and three Eastern Division titles, Talamini watched the club rebuild and win the division again in 1967. The Oilers fell one game short in 1967, but Talamini came to realize his dream the following year when he was released and picked up by the New York Jets. Opening holes for Matt Snell and blocking defenders away from Joe Namath. Talamini was selected to the All-Time All-AFL second team. In 2011, he was inducted into the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Post by TTX on Jun 3, 2022 16:21:57 GMT -5
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Post by on_the_edge on Jun 3, 2022 16:59:40 GMT -5
It says he started on the professional rodeo circuit. So in a way, he IS a sports player.
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Post by on_the_edge on Jun 3, 2022 18:10:32 GMT -5
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Post by TTX on Jun 3, 2022 18:22:13 GMT -5
RIP Melanie.
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