And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
From Wikipedia- Powell received the nickname "Boog" from his father. As Powell explained, "In the South they call little kids who are often getting into mischief buggers (pronounced 'boogers'), and my dad shortened it to Boog."
If gay marriage had been around in the 1960s, maybe Boog Powell could have married one of the Alou brothers, and then Boog would have been "Boog Alou"!
Probably drank a case of beer for breakfast every day…
ReplyDeleteI still have a couple of his cards
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ReplyDeleteStill alive at 82!
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Powell received the nickname "Boog" from his father. As Powell explained, "In the South they call little kids who are often getting into mischief buggers (pronounced 'boogers'), and my dad shortened it to Boog."
Always loved him and Jim Honochick laughing at themselves in the old Miller Lite commercials....
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'72 Topps
ReplyDeleteWhat's this have to do with Dick Butkis?
ReplyDeleteA Key West Guy - Starred for The Conchs in several sports in the George Mira era.
ReplyDeleteIf gay marriage had been around in the 1960s, maybe Boog Powell could have married one of the Alou brothers, and then Boog would have been "Boog Alou"!
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