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Old 06-03-2021, 11:26 AM   #1
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RIP Vince Promuto

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...to-dies-at-82/

Before my time. Probably before everyone's time here. But Vince was a member of the Ring of Fame and by all accounts a great Redskin as well as a great human being. Kept Sonny from getting his clock rung.

Years and years ago, I sent him a card and received it back signed within a week.

RIP Vince. HTTR!
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Old 06-03-2021, 01:56 PM   #2
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Re: RIP Vince Promuto

Piece of crap article says he was a member of the "Washington Football Team".

No, he was a WASHINGTON REDSKIN.

Anyways, before my time too...but RIP, legend.

Really cool that you have his autograph. I have a few cards from Gibbs that I got the same way when I was a kid...one football, one NASCAR.
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Old 06-03-2021, 09:42 PM   #3
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Re: RIP Vince Promuto

I had the pleasure of meeting Vince Promuto in New Orleans a few years after hurricane Katrina. He was in town for business and was out at a local watering hole with some mutual associates who were originally from New Jersey and knew I was a big Redskins fan and introduced us.
Mr Promuto was a class act, a gentleman, so easygoing and generous with his time and shared a few Redskins stories, a few of Vince Lombardi as his head coach.
I didn’t realize I was going to meet him that day, and coming to the bar after work for happy hour I didn’t have any Redskins paraphernalia on me. I hauled ass home and back and just caught Vince after he paid his bar bill and was saying his goodbyes. I sheepishly asked him to sign my hat, and he graciously did so. A week later my buddy brought me an autographed card Vince had mailed him and asked him to give to me. What a guy.

Rest In Peace, sir.
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Old 06-03-2021, 09:55 PM   #4
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Re: RIP Vince Promuto

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I had the pleasure of meeting Vince Promuto in New Orleans a few years after hurricane Katrina. He was in town for business and was out at a local watering hole with some mutual associates who were originally from New Jersey and knew I was a big Redskins fan and introduced us.
Mr Promuto was a class act, a gentleman, so easygoing and generous with his time and shared a few Redskins stories, a few of Vince Lombardi as his head coach.
I didn’t realize I was going to meet him that day, and coming to the bar after work for happy hour I didn’t have any Redskins paraphernalia on me. I hauled ass home and back and just caught Vince after he paid his bar bill and was saying his goodbyes. I sheepishly asked him to sign my hat, and he graciously did so. A week later my buddy brought me an autographed card Vince had mailed him and asked him to give to me. What a guy.

Rest In Peace, sir.
Damn, great story. Bumping into a redskin legend at a bar would be a dream.
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Old 06-05-2021, 06:48 PM   #5
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I had the pleasure of meeting Vince Promuto in New Orleans a few years after hurricane Katrina. He was in town for business and was out at a local watering hole with some mutual associates who were originally from New Jersey and knew I was a big Redskins fan and introduced us.
Mr Promuto was a class act, a gentleman, so easygoing and generous with his time and shared a few Redskins stories, a few of Vince Lombardi as his head coach.
I didn’t realize I was going to meet him that day, and coming to the bar after work for happy hour I didn’t have any Redskins paraphernalia on me. I hauled ass home and back and just caught Vince after he paid his bar bill and was saying his goodbyes. I sheepishly asked him to sign my hat, and he graciously did so. A week later my buddy brought me an autographed card Vince had mailed him and asked him to give to me. What a guy.

Rest In Peace, sir.
Fantastic story. Thanks for sharing that.
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Damn, great story. Bumping into a redskin legend at a bar would be a dream.
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