New Mike Ditka Biography
I had a day off work Friday, my “real job”, and instead of enjoying the summer what did I do?? I ripped off four new Chicago Bears Player stories.? See, that’s dedication. First up is a Mike Ditka biography, available now at www.BearsHistory.com.? Please check it out, and don’t forget to come back here to leave comments.
One biography I read said Ditka wasn’t rebuffed by Penn State, but rather stolen from them by Pitt. The story goes that Ditka wanted to become an orthodontist and the the University of Pittsburgh had one of the better programs in the country at that time. That’s supposedly how he decided on Pitt after having verbally commited to Penn State.
Hawk, you may be right about that, you’re ringing a bell. I’ll review it-thanks for the heads-up!
By the way- it’s a seemingly thankless job you do between this and you original site; spending your time immersed in Bears lore, telling the tales and such. Let it no longer be thankless. Thank you.
Well Hawk, you’re my only poster these days, so I thank you! Hopefully as the season gets closer we’ll get some more interest in the blog.
Well, Hawk gave me some extra work tonight. Thanks Hawk, for pointing out my mistake–I hate to put out erroneous information. The story is fixed. What a story, but outside the scope of my article. Ditka had verbally committed to Penn State, but Pitt got him alone and swung him due to their dental program. Then they hid him and another player out by Lake Erie until a few days after classes started. Penn State people came to Pitt’s campus looking for him but couldn’t find him. Thanks again Hawk!
Hi Mike,
I first met you when you and two other Pitt Panther teammates turned my dorm bed upside down in the Schenley Hotel dorm thinking it was the prevous year’s roommate. It was my first night staying at the dorm and I hadn’t yet met my roommate whom you guys knew and that it would be fun to turn his bed upside down on him. You got around the corner in the 7th floor hallway before I offered to retaliate against my attacker(s). When the three of you came into sight, I decided what you had done was funny and that I really didn’t want to beat the ____ out of your group. We then became friends and I’ve lost touch of you, Cunningham, Clark and Cox (I think that’s the names of your teammates, but it has been a number of years in between. Let me know if you would like to meet up sometime, which i would really enjoy. Best of luck today and when the Bears meet the Steelers in this years Super Bowl. Regards—Lee Purnell
mike tice needs to cover his face ,if pack has a lipreader,he can tell what tice is saying to the booth