HUCK Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 Reggie White died this morning at his North Carolina home! He formerly played football at Howard High school and the University of Tennessee! http://chattanoogan.com/articles/article_60298.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhsOL Posted December 26, 2004 Report Share Posted December 26, 2004 This was very sad to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Nation Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 God bless Sara and the children. They lived in Blount Co for years and I delivered flowers to their house when I was young several times. Reggie would answer the door like any other head of the household and he was always a class act and very nice. Try to picture a 150 lb 5'8" kid seeing Reggie White as just anyone else answering the door!! After I delivered once or twice, he had my name memorized and would ask me, "ok, I know someone needs an autograph...who can I make it out too?" He was quite the character and always generous. I'll miss you greatly Reg!! I know you're in heaven now... thumb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhsOL Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 God bless Sara and the children. They lived in Blount Co for years and I delivered flowers to their house when I was young several times. Reggie would answer the door like any other head of the household and he was always a class act and very nice. Try to picture a 150 lb 5'8" kid seeing Reggie White as just anyone else answering the door!! After I delivered once or twice, he had my name memorized and would ask me, "ok, I know someone needs an autograph...who can I make it out too?" He was quite the character and always generous. I'll miss you greatly Reg!! I know you're in heaven now... thumb 825497529[/snapback] That's awesome. Reggie was a great Christian man. I just wish that I could have visited his church that he ministered at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachTVA Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 (edited) That's awesome. Reggie was a great Christian man. I just wish that I could have visited his church that he ministered at. 825497531[/snapback] And he never tried to hide his Faith, either! bhsOL, I know we've talked about this off-line already, but this was a huge blow this morning when I found out he had passed. Along with everything else you and I have been going through, now this. I can remember watching Reg at UT when I was in Jr. High, and he was an amazing person as well as an amazing player. dmoyers1, that was a pretty cool story about the autographs! It sounds like something you would expect from him. Edited December 27, 2004 by stlrcoach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhsOL Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 yeah dmoyers1, that story was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenboy Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Reggie was always one of my heroes growing up. I cried when I heard about this on the radio today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachTVA Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Reggie was always one of my heroes growing up. I cried when I heard about this on the radio today. 825498249[/snapback] Seems like that's a common occurance due to Reggie dying. I've had a wonderful time this weekend, because Saturday was my first Christmas without my Dad, this happening yesterday morning, and Tuesday would have been my Dad's birthday. So, it's been a laugh a minute at my house lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretasianman Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 And he never tried to hide his Faith, either! bhsOL, I know we've talked about this off-line already, but this was a huge blow this morning when I found out he had passed. Along with everything else you and I have been going through, now this. I can remember watching Reg at UT when I was in Jr. High, and he was an amazing person as well as an amazing player. dmoyers1, that was a pretty cool story about the autographs! It sounds like something you would expect from him. 825497968[/snapback] I was watching sportscenter last night, and all of you are right. They talked about Reggie being a great person more than a great athelete. He was one of my favorite defensive players, and it's sad to see him go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachTVA Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 I was watching sportscenter last night, and all of you are right. They talked about Reggie being a great person more than a great athelete. He was one of my favorite defensive players, and it's sad to see him go. 825498335[/snapback] I had to work last night, but I taped Sportscenter to see what they did for "Big Reg". It was a very good piece about him. Even though he was possibly the best D-lineman to ever play the game, he never saw that as his contribution. He was a great man, and that's more important than football, hands down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoDoubt Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 I remember watching Reggie play in the State basketball tourney his senior year. He looked like an NFL player even then. I just remember him looking so massive next to these other high school boys. Seems like he was 6'5" , 250 lbs or so. He also almost tore the rim off with a very impressive dunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksgovols Posted December 27, 2004 Report Share Posted December 27, 2004 Reggie was one of the few UT players that I actually met while I was up there. He was a mountain of a man and very genuine. Along with Peyton, Reggie is the most beloved Vol of all time. Yep..........#92's in heaven. No doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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