what a great trip. Hat's off to a couple of legends in Scott Thomas and Rob Causey for inviting us over, both guys played USAFE football back in the 80s not too far from my home in Bury.
Rob's wife Deb is from Essex so would be great to meet up again when they come over to our side of the pond.
I was co-speaker at this third reunion with Bucky Fox, former sports reporter with Stars and Stripes newspaper, a genuine character with a brilliant catchphrase whenever we had a picture taken of "Live on CBS!". Hilarious.
Bucky's speech was excellent and made my shambolic rambling sound a little pants, but the message I was trying to get across was that these USAFE guys should not be forgotten.
That was drummed home when I met Dick Edwards, a man who played at Wembley back in the mid 1950s for London Rockets.
Dick had his beautiful original yellow shirt which was in excellent condition, clearly a treasured item for Dick.
His wife is a former Miss UK and still looked stunning and it was great to meet his proud son who laughed when Dick held up his original face mask and I told him he looked like Hannibal Lector!
The convention at Hooters involved around 35 ex-USAFE players, and I managed to get a Stars and Stripes flag signed by the guys at the end, a real treasured memento.
We had six days in Planet Hollywood and as well as bagging a whole haul of NFL items, checked out Peep Show staring Playboy Bunny Holly Mad
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