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Putt Choate induction

Postby Charleston Pony » Tue Jun 21, 2022 8:51 pm

Well deserved and probably long overdue. He put up some numbers that just seem unimaginable now:

https://smumustangs.com/news/2022/6/21/ ... -fame.aspx
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Re: Putt Choate induction

Postby ponyte » Wed Jun 22, 2022 6:57 am

Long overdue. Putt was an intense competitor. He worked out like a fiend I remember watching him in the weight room and wondered how any human could push himself so hard.

Despite his intensity, he was a friendly and gentle man off the field. He smiled a lot and had kind words to those around him. One never felt intimated around him off the field

But on the field, thanks goodness I didn't have to try to block him

And folks never broke his tackles!
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Re: Putt Choate induction

Postby peruna81 » Wed Jun 22, 2022 4:49 pm

agreed ponyte...Putt was good people.

Greatest memory was his 100(+) yard dash to the end zone with an interception at the Cotton Bowl versus Tulane. The last 20 yards were misery, and he collapsed in the end zone and on the sideline after...but got up and in for the next defensive series.

A true leader in every way.
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Re: Putt Choate induction

Postby Topper » Thu Jun 23, 2022 2:01 pm

That TD against Tulane was something to behold. He and his family have been important figures in Big Spring for many years. Didn't he famously appear on the cover of Texas Monthly magazine face up and eyes closed posed in a casket? I think the story was about the death of the SWC? Foggy memory
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Re: Putt Choate induction

Postby malonish » Fri Jun 24, 2022 5:24 pm



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Re: Putt Choate induction

Postby ponyboy » Fri Jun 24, 2022 9:40 pm

That is so cool.
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Re: Putt Choate induction

Postby PNW_Stang » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:10 pm

Damn he looks a lot like Gerrit at the end of that video
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