Bob Nugent was a hell of a football player. I was a year ahead of him but when he burst upon the practice field , we , the players knew, like the coaches, better times were ahead for us. He was fast, smart, and had an insight to the game that can't be taught. Yet beyond that it was his sparkling personality and sense of humor that led to us becoming friends on and off the field. He was switched from HB to QB there for a time and he ran the offense in a way that inspired me. When he called a play in the huddle he had a habit of licking the tips of the fingers on his right hand and slapping them on his left as he called " Break " and I felt that if there was any way this play could work, it was because of Bobby. He ran the end around QB option in a brilliant, intuitive way where I never questioned his call to keep the ball or pitch it to me. It was hard not to find Tommy Wiedl, Bobby , me , and Stokesy partying or hanging together. We played hard on and off the field. It was Weeds that contacted me when Bobby Nugent passed. A sad loss for us all, in a selfish way, because I know he's calling the plays on some other team. I miss Bobby Nugent.

Scott Dingman, #42

Class of '69

Sarasota, FL