The Hartley Sentinel-The Everly/Royal News - Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Although I can't start this off by telling you how many rounds of golf I got in this weekend like Eddie would have, I can tell you about a few of my favorite memories of Eddie Robinson.

I first met Eddie a few weeks after Billie passed away. I was the first person to sit in her chair directly across from Ed in many, many years. I knew I had big shoes to fill, but he also had a job in my life that required some big shoes.

I had come home from college after my dad left and I didn't know it at the time, but Eddie became the dad I needed when my dad couldn't be there. Between reading the mind n...