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THEY SAID IT
March 03, 1969
?Lieut, (j.g.) F. Carl Schumacher of the U.S.S. Pueblo, after mentioning that the crew had used a misshapen soccer ball to play American football with during their months of captivity in North Korea: "The Koreans couldn't understand our love of football. I think they thought it was too dangerous and that we were out of our minds."
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March 03, 1969

They Said It

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?Lieut, (j.g.) F. Carl Schumacher of the U.S.S. Pueblo, after mentioning that the crew had used a misshapen soccer ball to play American football with during their months of captivity in North Korea: "The Koreans couldn't understand our love of football. I think they thought it was too dangerous and that we were out of our minds."

?Morris (Bucky) Buckwalter, Seattle University basketball coach, after being involved in a minor automobile accident: "I set up a moving screen and the other guy ran into it."

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