RIP Ernie Holmes
No, Ernie Holmes isn't a runner; however, he, Dwight White, L.C. Greenwood and "Mean" Joe Greene made a living out of chasing quarterbacks - most notably, Roger Staubach.
The Associated Press, however, reported this morning the following (on chron.com):
LUMBERTON — Ernie Holmes, who won two Super Bowls as an anchor of Pittsburgh's famed Steel Curtain defense, has died in a car crash. He was 59.
A dispatcher with the Texas Department of Public Safety said Holmes, who played college football at Texas Southern, was driving alone Thursday night when his car left the roadway and rolled over several times near Lumberton, about 80 miles northeast of Houston.
The department said Friday that Holmes was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the DPS said.
Holmes, an ordained minister, lived on a ranch in Wiergate, Texas.
I still remember when and where I was when I found out that a boyhood idol of mine, Willie Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, passed away.
Life's too short. God called a good one home.
A week ago, I was having breakfast at the IHOP in The Woodlands (after leaving the chiropractor's office and before heading down to the Expo) and I read in the Conroe Courier that Maurice "Big Moe" Wright, who played for Conroe's basketball team when they went to the state title game (losing to Sean Gay and Madison) in 1985, has passed on in New Jersey.
Wright, who helped destroy my alma mater, Spring, was also a minister.
The Associated Press, however, reported this morning the following (on chron.com):
LUMBERTON — Ernie Holmes, who won two Super Bowls as an anchor of Pittsburgh's famed Steel Curtain defense, has died in a car crash. He was 59.
A dispatcher with the Texas Department of Public Safety said Holmes, who played college football at Texas Southern, was driving alone Thursday night when his car left the roadway and rolled over several times near Lumberton, about 80 miles northeast of Houston.
The department said Friday that Holmes was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the DPS said.
Holmes, an ordained minister, lived on a ranch in Wiergate, Texas.
I still remember when and where I was when I found out that a boyhood idol of mine, Willie Stargell, of the Pittsburgh Pirates, passed away.
Life's too short. God called a good one home.
A week ago, I was having breakfast at the IHOP in The Woodlands (after leaving the chiropractor's office and before heading down to the Expo) and I read in the Conroe Courier that Maurice "Big Moe" Wright, who played for Conroe's basketball team when they went to the state title game (losing to Sean Gay and Madison) in 1985, has passed on in New Jersey.
Wright, who helped destroy my alma mater, Spring, was also a minister.
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