Reply With QuoteYou know what they say about big feet. At least in her day and age, it was code for confirming a certain something.
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RIP JRK. HBD too.
Happy 80th birthday Johnny Red Kerr
It would've been just a day ago.
My grandma just had her 80th birthday a week ago; she went to high school on the south-side of Chicago waaaaaay back in the day with Red - said he had BIG feet!
You know what they say about big feet. At least in her day and age, it was code for confirming a certain something.
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RIP JRK. HBD too.
Ah, correction: Red's birthday is August 17th (not July 17th as I had in my mind for some reason). Nevertheless, it isn't too far away.
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You know what they say about big feet. At least in her day and age, it was code for confirming a certain something.
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RIP JRK. HBD too.
My grandma would never connect those dots
For you, it may be a blessing in disguise that she didn't go on to marry him.:|
My grandma would never connect those dots
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Had the chance to meet him in January 2005, when I was just 12 years old. R.I.P
Happy Birthday to Johnny Kerr.
Problem is, its not his Birthday, LMAO.
This thread is really weird.
I do however have to wonder if he's rolling in his grave because of Paxsons garbage picking.
Last edited by scottiepippen1994; 07-20-2012 at 01:07 PM.
Hmm, Jr. High perhaps??? Johnny Red Kerr attended High School at Tilden Technical, was a class mate of my fathers. Tilden was an all boys school near Midway Airport. Dad was on the Wrestling team, their pre season work out was with the Basketball team due to seasons coinciding. Pop's knew Johnny fairly well. Think either you're grandmother or my father was lying. Heh. Hmm, wonder if he transferred into Tilden. Back in the day, Dad said Tilden won all the boys state championships. 1200 boys split even down racial lines. Fight a day, Dad would say. Can't ask him now as he passed two years ago. Wikipedia states Tilden was all boy from 1918 until the 1960's.
My memory of my conversations with dad are a little vague now, he had alzheimers for 10 years or so before passing, so my lucid convo's are from long ago... But, I think he mentioned that an all girls Catholic school was located near by Tilden, and that the dating scene between the two schools was... "healthy". Perhaps that is the connection?
Last edited by NCChiFan; 07-19-2012 at 11:11 PM.
One of the best ever, R.I.P to him and Norm.
I loved his super homer style of commentary...RIP Red.
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They make a good mascot for Jack Links Beef Jerky commercials.You know what they say about big feet. At least in her day and age, it was code for confirming a certain something.
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RIP JRK. HBD too.
By the time I was born, our family had moved to the north side (block from Evanston) so I am not familiar with the area personally. I am going to need to have my grandma re-tell me that story so I can get some specifics straight and get back to this topic afterwards.
LOL at this pile of fail.
Forgive me for being a month off. I guess I mixed up the months but it's the thought that counts.
Red was a better man than us both. So hush up and show some respect, boy
How about you show some respect and actually get the guy's birthday right. Sheesh.
I consider it respect that I remembered enough that his 80th birthday was coming up in 2012 and knew that it was one of these two months.
Trolling a thread meant to give the man respect = disrespect.
Proclaiming "Happy Birthday" to a deceased person on the wrong date = disrespect
A relative of mine was Red Kerr's "nemesis" in college. Its kind of funny, because even though he was much better than Kerr, pro basketball at that time paid next to nothing so he never played professionally.
^*ironically, tells me to not disrespect Johnny Red Kerr*
^*proceeds to disrespect Johnny Red Kerr*
I didn't tell you "not to disrespect" Johnny Kerr. You are free to do whatever you want, which includes making an ass of yourself in this forum on a daily basis.
I said that proclaiming happy birthday to a deceased person on the wrong date is disrespectful...because it is. If you can't understand that, then thats on you. If you are too lazy/stupid to actually know or look up Kerr's birthday, then that is disrespectful on your part.
I don't know how I "disrespected" Johnny Kerr....thats just you trolling again.
A) You're stupid. That is not disrespect to mess up someone's birthday, who is not even related to you, which you thought you had memorized. Especially before the day even happens. PS- I knew the year.
B) You directly undermined the man with your post. Red was one of the pioneers of Chicago basketball. Trying to point out his short-comings is blatant disrespect.
OK, I'm going to break this down for you. Either you are close enough to the deceased person to have known their birthday (which you weren't, obviously), or you don't know the deceased person's birthday BUT YOU FIND OUT THAT INFORMATION BEFORE GUESSING. It took me literally two seconds to find out that Red Kerr was born on August 17th, so not only were you wrong, but your initial claim that "it would have been yesterday" was also wrong, because that would have been the 18th and not the 17th. So not only are you too lazy to find out the correct information and too stupid to read a calendar, you are also an incredibly insensitive person.
LOL at "directly undermined the man". I was pointing out an actual personal connection I have with Kerr (not that my mom said Red Kerr had big feet!). Sorry I didn't say that Kerr was the greatest player in history. Red wasn't one of the "pioneers" of Chicago basketball, but he was one of the first big-name college guys to turn professional. Not everyone did, which was one of my points.
Don't worry. Your Christmas card is in the mail. You should be receiving it November 27th or 28th.
You and FirstTroller are beyond pathetic. What losers!
Thats nice.
Back on topic, Kerr was a great announcer. He would actually point out the terrible calls by the refs, which very few announcers do. I appreciated his honesty.
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