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THEY SAID IT
Edited by Jerry Kirshenbaum
October 26, 1981
?Chuck Shelton, Drake football coach, whose team is a surprising 6-0, discussing the fun he had being carried off the field after one of those victories: "When I die, I want to be embalmed in a sitting position and carried to my grave by two football players."
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October 26, 1981

They Said It

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?Chuck Shelton, Drake football coach, whose team is a surprising 6-0, discussing the fun he had being carried off the field after one of those victories: "When I die, I want to be embalmed in a sitting position and carried to my grave by two football players."

? Ron Meyer, SMU football coach, on his 5'9", 220-pound guard, Harvey McAtee: "He's so short his breath smells of earthworms."

? Bill White, New York Yankee television announcer, after Dave Winfield reached into the leftfield stands to catch a ball hit by Tony Armas in the second game of the American League playoffs: " Winfield robbed Armas of at least a home run."

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