Second Generation Washington Redskin

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Published: June 10, 2009

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... people who are third generation doctors and fourth generation servicemen.  We all know someone like this.

I also was born into a proud tradition.  One not as lucrative or respectable as being a doctor or lawyer, but I am proud of it just the same.

I am a second generation Redskin fan.

My father was a diehard Redskin fan who somehow managed to get along with my mother’s family, who were all Giant fans (my grandfather taught me another fine tradition: gambling. 

We bet on all Giant/Redskin games from the time I was three).  There are pictures floating around my parent’s house of me with a Redskin jumper sitting on my dad’s knee at the advanced age of one watching Joe Gibb’s first season as coach.

Most people don’t retain memories before the age of four or five.  I have a vivid recollection of my first memory.  My dad’s boss had given him two tickets to see the ‘84 Super Bowl betw...

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