A Toast to the Old Guard

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I was born in January of 1970 and I became a fan of the Cincinnati Bengals in 1975. Most of my relatives rooted for the Browns or Steelers but not me. I got a Bengals windbreaker for my sixth birthday and wore it faithfully. I remember Paul Brown, Virgil Carter, Bob Trumpy, Essex Johnson, Chip Myers, Tommy Casanova, Bill Bergey, Ken Riley, Lemar Parrish, Ken Avery, Neal Craig, and all of those players in the first decade.

When I was seven my father took me to Wilmington College to watch training camp; I was enthralled. How did Dave Lewis punt the ball that high?