For all you guys that think that life ends a t 40 or is it 50, poppycock.
http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090111aaa.html
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Some things have changed since Faulkner (Ala.) junior kicker Alan Moore first took the field as a starry-eyed college freshman.
Kickers for one, from a straight-on style to soccer sidewinders.
What else has changed? Well, there was a moon landing, three kids, five grandkids, military service in Vietnam and, in general, 40 years of a life well lived.
At age 61 -- he turns 62 in February -- Moore is set to become the oldest man to play NAIA college football when he takes the field for the Montgomery school as a place-kicker.
For Moore, it's the continuation of a journey that began at Jones (Miss.) Community College in 1968, before heading off to Vietnam for an 11-month tour as a member of the U.S. Army infantry.
After his discharge, he returned home and went straight to work in construction, where he remained until retiring to an avocado farm he owns in Homestead, Fla.
A trip to see his grandchildren in Mississippi brought a chance to see his former team go through a fall practice. Moore got the bug and started kicking on his own, using an old-fashioned square-toed shoe and building makeshift goalposts in his daughter's yard for practice.
To continue reading, click HERE.
I know, this will probably be kicked to the sports forum but it shouldn't.
http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090111aaa.html
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Some things have changed since Faulkner (Ala.) junior kicker Alan Moore first took the field as a starry-eyed college freshman.
Kickers for one, from a straight-on style to soccer sidewinders.
What else has changed? Well, there was a moon landing, three kids, five grandkids, military service in Vietnam and, in general, 40 years of a life well lived.
At age 61 -- he turns 62 in February -- Moore is set to become the oldest man to play NAIA college football when he takes the field for the Montgomery school as a place-kicker.
For Moore, it's the continuation of a journey that began at Jones (Miss.) Community College in 1968, before heading off to Vietnam for an 11-month tour as a member of the U.S. Army infantry.
After his discharge, he returned home and went straight to work in construction, where he remained until retiring to an avocado farm he owns in Homestead, Fla.
A trip to see his grandchildren in Mississippi brought a chance to see his former team go through a fall practice. Moore got the bug and started kicking on his own, using an old-fashioned square-toed shoe and building makeshift goalposts in his daughter's yard for practice.
To continue reading, click HERE.
I know, this will probably be kicked to the sports forum but it shouldn't.
