Memorial Day 2014

[MaxBuck]

Remembering all the brave men (and women) who died so that we here in the USA in 2014 can have our Starbucks, our yoga studios, our steakhouses, our Gay Pride Parades, our Real Housewives, our Duck Dynasty, our golf, our baseball, our NBA Playoffs ...

 

[ScriptOhio]

Saw this on Eleven Warriors:

REMEMBERING TWO OHIO STATE FOOTBALL GREATS WHO DIED IN COMBAT

While we salute all American servicemen and women who died serving this great nation, today we would specifically like to honor the only two men in The Ohio State University's 285-man Varsity "O" Hall of Fame who died while serving in the United States military: Fred Norton and Don Scott.

Don Scott arrived at Ohio State after a decorated high school career at Canton McKinley. At 6'2", 210 pounds, Scott showed off a versatility he would bring to Columbus as he played along both lines, served as the team's placekicker and punter while eventually taking on the left halfback / quarterback position as a junior and senior which caught the eye of Ohio State's football scouts.

Eligible to play varsity football for the Buckeyes in 1938, Scott started at tailback for Francis Schmidt's 4-3-1 team. As told by the venerable Buckeye historian Jack Park, Scott switched to quarterback in 1939 as as the chief reason Ohio State surged to their first outright B1G conference championship since 1920.

With Schmidt's job on the line, Scott came up huge in a 23-20 road win over a then-powerful Minnesota squad with three touchdown passes and two two-point conversions. Though they came up short against Michigan, Scott tossed a pair of touchdowns against the maize and blue on the way to capturing All-American and All-B1G honors.
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Fred Norton came to Ohio State via Marblehead, a town some 120 miles north of Columbus, and quickly distinguished himself as the very definition of student-athlete.

A 5'11", 175-pound kid dubbed "The Smiling Irishman", Norton became Ohio State's first four-sport varsity letterman thanks to exploits in football, basketball, baseball and track.

Captain of the baseball team, Norton hit .442 to earn team MVP honors in 1917. Norton also captained the basketball team but his biggest accomplishments came in football.

As Chic Harley's lead blocker, Norton helped the 1916 Buckeyes capture the school's first B1G football title and undefeated-untied season. Not just a blocker, Norton scored five touchdowns in a 128-0 blitz of Oberlin scored six touchdowns in the first half of a 46-7 thrashing of Indiana.

A noted scholar who carried a 4.0 grade point average, Norton, a forestry major, was invited to join Sphinx, the most prestigious senior honorary at Ohio State. In later years, names like Woody Hayes and Jesse Owens.

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