Spielman turns emotional over spot in hall of fame
Friday, May 1, 2009 3:09 AM
By Ken Gordon
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Of all the people who flashed through his mind Wednesday night, in the moments after learning that he was named to the College Football Hall of Fame, one stood out to former Ohio State linebacker Chris Spielman:
His father, Sonny, who died of cancer in October 2008.
"He would have his face painted in Buckeye colors today, with his Spielman jersey on," said Chris, his voice quiet and clearly emotional.
Before that, he said he thought of teammates, roommates, and coaches "and then I thought, 'Oh my gosh, I hope all my family can come (to the induction ceremony).'
"Then I said a prayer of thanksgiving, and thought of how humbling this is, and how cool. And all of that was in about the first 15 seconds."
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Former Lions Spielman, Swilling elected to College Football Hall of Fame
FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES • April 30, 2009
Former Lions linebackers Chris Spielman (Ohio State) and Pat Swilling (Georgia Tech) are among 16 players elected today to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Heisman Trophy winners Tim Brown (Notre Dame) and Gino Torretta (Miami) also are in the class selected for induction by the National Football Foundation. Rounding out the list are Penn State’s Curt Warner; New Mexico State’s Pervis Atkins; Arizona’s Chuck Cecil; Auburn’s Ed Dyas; West Virginia’s Major Harris; BYU’s Gordon Hudson; Alabama’s Woodrow Lowe; Stanford’s Ken Margerum; Texas’ Steve McMichael; Iowa’s Larry Station and Nebraska’s Grant Wistrom.
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Former OSU linebacker Spielman elected to HOF
Published: Friday, May 1, 2009 9:01 AM EDT
NEW YORK — Heisman Trophy winners Tim Brown and Gino Torretta, along with two-time All-American Chris Spielman, are among the 16 players to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
‘‘When you picked up a helmet and a football when you were 8, 9 years old, the last thing you thought about was ending up in the college football Hall of Fame,’’ said Brown, the 1987 Heisman winner for Notre Dame.
Torretta won the 1992 Heisman for Miami and went 26-2 as the starter during Miami’s heyday. ‘‘I went to Miami to have a chance to win a national championship. You don’t know if you’re going to get a chance to play and start,’’ said Torretta, who along with Brown and former Syracuse coach Dick MacPherson attended a news conference at the Nasdaq stock market in midtown Manhattan.
‘‘Everything worked out, we won a couple of titles, you do good things and you’re a good person, you end up in good places.’’
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