By Bob Hertzel |
For The Times West Virginian Jan 9, 2021 1 of 2
In this Sept. 14, 2019 photo, West Virginia defensive lineman Darius Stills (56) moves in on a North Carolina State player during a game in Morgantown.
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West Virginia defensive tackle Darius Stills (56) is shown during an NCAA college football game against Texas Tech on Oct. 24, 2020 in Lubbock, Texas.
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MORGANTOWN â It was a simpler time â television was still a new medium, newspapers king of the news and a time when a 10-year-old kid would spend his Saturday afternoon at the movie theater for a quarter.
The year was 1951, a year that lives strongly in this old manâs memory for it was the year that Bobby Thomson of the New York Giants hit his âShot Heard Round the World,â making such an impression that the first-born to the now old man was named Robert Thomson.