For The Old Guard

Posted Apr 17, 2022
That got me thinking about all the old folks who must be enjoying Duke’s discomfort as much as I am. I thought first of Joe Quigg, Lennie Rosenbluth and Tommy Kearns, the surviving starters of the 1957 team. I imagined them, feet up and beverage in hand, in complete delight. I remembered all the Carolina fans who traveled to New Orleans in 1982. (Chapelboro.com)

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