Posts Tagged Dick Villa
May 30, 2011 at 7:15 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days, Weird stuff ·Tagged angels, angels watching over us, author, Be Still…. and know that I am God, Charles L. Mashburn, children, Coach Phil Ramsey, Dick Villa, encouragement, Fights, football, football coach, God, good old days, hands, hope, Indians from all over the state went to high school there, Jerry Harper, Jesus, just the right time, Mike Williams, Pennies From Heaven, Phil Ramsey, Phoenix Indian School, poetry, returning punts and kickoffs, story, writer
In my story, Toothleth in Buckeye, I told you about the time Mike Williams got his two front teeth knocked out in a high school football game. In another story, Toothleth in Tekthath, I told you about me losing my front bridge, and trying to super glue it back in. In a third high school football story, The Other Toothleth Story, I told how I got my front tooth knocked out playing flag football in P.E. class. If you enjoyed those, you might also enjoy, Fight!, a story about an all-out brawl started by the most unlikely person on the team.
This story is about me, and how I became the guy who returned kicks and punts on our team. It wasn’t because of my blazing speed (hush Gary), and I know Ken is going to have something to say about me getting better as I get older, but it is what it is. I’m just relating the facts as I remember them, and I can’t help it if the truth has been stretched by time. Everybody has to have some glory days, don’t they? Read the rest of this entry »
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May 29, 2011 at 9:00 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days, Weird stuff ·Tagged angels, angels watching over us, author, Be Still…. and know that I am God, Charles L. Mashburn, children, Coach Phil Ramsey, Dick Villa, encouragement, Fights, football, football coach, God, good old days, hope, Indians from all over the state went to high school there, Jerry Harper, Jesus, just the right time, Mike Williams, Pennies From Heaven, Phil Ramsey, Phoenix Indian School, poetry, story, writer
In my story, Toothleth in Buckeye, I told you about the time Mike Williams got his two front teeth knocked out in a high school football game. In another story, Toothleth in Tekthath, I told you about me losing my front bridge, and trying to super glue it back in. This one is about how I originally lost that front tooth. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 28, 2011 at 8:30 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days, Weird stuff ·Tagged angels, angels watching over us, author, Be Still…. and know that I am God, Charles L. Mashburn, children, Coach Phil Ramsey, Dick Villa, encouragement, Fights, football, football coach, God, good old days, hope, Indians from all over the state went to high school there, Jesus, just the right time, Mike Williams, Pennies From Heaven, Phil Ramsey, Phoenix Indian School, poetry, story, writer
I have two stories that could go with this title, but since I mentioned Mike Williams recently in my story, Fight!, I’m going to go with one about him. Mike was not a big guy, but pound for pound, he was the meanest football player I ever played with or against. I wouldn’t even say he was a great athlete, he just had that linebacker mentality; you know–if you have the ball, then I have the right to kill or maim you; like that. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 26, 2011 at 8:32 am · Filed under Crazy stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days, Weird stuff ·Tagged Charles L. Mashburn, Coach Phil Ramsey, Dick Villa, football coach, Mike Williams, story, writer
Back when we were playing high school football, it wasn’t uncommon for a fight to break out during a game. Most of them were brief and usually involved a couple of players who were tired of knocking each other around. Once in awhile though, we’d have one of those bench-clearing brawls. They were never much as far as fighting goes; a lot of pushing and shoving; a few punches and wrestling matches, but nine times out of ten, nobody got hurt. Read the rest of this entry »
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May 16, 2011 at 6:00 pm · Filed under Crazy stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days ·Tagged 406 cubic inch engine, author, blowout, burning rubber, Charles L. Mashburn, city policeman, Dick Villa, fast cars, ford galaxie, funny, good old days, hot cars, humor, laughter, lit ‘em up, outrunning the cops, race cars, Russell Stevens, spinnig the tires, St. Pierre, story, writer
In my story, Then He Lit ‘em Up, I tell about the hot rod Ford Galaxie I had the use of for a period of time when I was in high school. It was one of fastest, if not the fastest, cars in town at the time. One of the drawbacks was, it seemed every time I raced it or drove it fast, something on it would break and need to be fixed. A mechanic, I was not, so driving the hot car got expensive. It was still a time in my past I will never forget, though. Read the rest of this entry »
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