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    robanadana got a reaction from Realville in Vidor Pirate Proud!   
    Tough day after a playoff loss like last night but I just wanted to express how proud I am of you guys this year. A few things to remember about this season:
    You broke a 35 year drought at PuppyPoo Stadium (Anybody not believe in home cookin'?) and we should get the next two years at home. You broke a 38 year drought on District Championships. No one can say "Vidor, what have you won lately?" You guys slew that Dragon. Haylon Leckelt is the greatest running back in Vidor history. Not a small feat coming from a running football team. I remember watching Tim Hagler and he was a beast. Haylon ran just as tough. I sure hope I get to see this young man playing ball next year on Saturdays for someone. For a team with no supposed "D1" caliber athletes (Manny Netherly committed to LSU; PAM too many to list), you beat Memorial for a share of the title and gave Crosby all they could handle last night. We, your fans thank you for a stellar year which you should look back on in pride. You underclassmen, 2017 football season starts today. We expect the same from you.
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    robanadana got a reaction from NDNLBDad in PNG vs. Barbers Hill   
    Good luck tonight Purple Indians! I'll be there tonight with you...but not wearing purple. It is not in my color wheel.
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    robanadana got a reaction from Goblin in waco roberson hight school   
    They're gonna take offense to that whuppin' they're about to get one week from today!
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    robanadana got a reaction from STLGpurple in PNG vs. Barbers Hill   
    Good luck tonight Purple Indians! I'll be there tonight with you...but not wearing purple. It is not in my color wheel.
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    robanadana got a reaction from ScubaSteve in Crosby 33 Vidor 24/FINAL   
    Congratulations Crosby on a great football game and deserved victory. Good luck in the playoffs and represent us well. I will be there to support you on the road as long as you don't throw stuff at me for sitting on your side with my black and gold gear on. The best team won tonight but no shame to be found from my kids. 14.2, Red Dawn and you other Crosby fan / posters on here...mad props to all of you and I understand your love and support for your team. Again, good luck and represent! BTW, you're left side linebacker gets player of the game in my book. He shot the gap three times and made plays when we were in your red zone that saved the day. That kid gets the game ball.
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    robanadana got a reaction from SILVER AND BLACK in West Orange-Stark 73 Tarkington 0/FINAL   
    Good job Ponies! Who's the next victim?
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    robanadana got a reaction from studd88 in Liltex   
    I'm gonna try to make it to the hospital this weekend to see him and I'll update everybody on his status once I do. Shocker last night when I found out...Bobby and I are close. One of the best people you would ever want to meet.
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    robanadana reacted to Bigdog in Crosby 33 Vidor 24/FINAL   
    knock it off.
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    robanadana reacted to Cougar14.2 in Crosby 33 Vidor 24/FINAL   
    Crosby gets Fort Bend Marshall Friday in Deer Park @ 7pm. Fort Bend Marshall beat Houston Sterling 58-12 tonight. They also lost to Manvel 63-6. Good break for Crosby to get another game on this side of town. 
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    robanadana got a reaction from CoogGuy in Crosby 33 Vidor 24/FINAL   
    Congratulations Crosby on a great football game and deserved victory. Good luck in the playoffs and represent us well. I will be there to support you on the road as long as you don't throw stuff at me for sitting on your side with my black and gold gear on. The best team won tonight but no shame to be found from my kids. 14.2, Red Dawn and you other Crosby fan / posters on here...mad props to all of you and I understand your love and support for your team. Again, good luck and represent! BTW, you're left side linebacker gets player of the game in my book. He shot the gap three times and made plays when we were in your red zone that saved the day. That kid gets the game ball.
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    robanadana got a reaction from Red Dawn in Crosby 33 Vidor 24/FINAL   
    Congratulations Crosby on a great football game and deserved victory. Good luck in the playoffs and represent us well. I will be there to support you on the road as long as you don't throw stuff at me for sitting on your side with my black and gold gear on. The best team won tonight but no shame to be found from my kids. 14.2, Red Dawn and you other Crosby fan / posters on here...mad props to all of you and I understand your love and support for your team. Again, good luck and represent! BTW, you're left side linebacker gets player of the game in my book. He shot the gap three times and made plays when we were in your red zone that saved the day. That kid gets the game ball.
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    robanadana reacted to Cougar14.2 in Crosby 33 Vidor 24/FINAL   
    +1, I agree with every word you said. I was also going to be conciliatory until the classless int thing. These people have been getting their arses handed to them on a regular basis ever since but for 5 years they ran their mouth. Five years ago I told them they wouldn't win another first round game for at least another 5. How sweet it is Crosby beat them that 5th year. 
    We agree on absolutely nothing but I have mad respect for Robandana and VPirates02, especially all the times they could have chimed in and didn't. Now some dude with lover in his name gets on here and talks about a kid being classless for playing to the whistle, just like his team gets a bunch of credit for. Taking the points down was was just a suffix to stopping the game up multiple times, if a kid is classless for playing the game then so is that grown man for obstructing it. When have you seen some crap done like that over here except Dayton who also get called out for it? Good football game though, both sides played playoff caliber football. 
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    robanadana got a reaction from TeeCal85 in Stadiums of 22- 5A and 21- 5a   
    OK, OK. We got the memo about our field. Turf is on the way...working on the rest. But, our scoreboard is nice and as long as I run it we are always in the game.
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    robanadana got a reaction from Football52 in Crosby v. Vidor (Stallworth 7pm 11/10)   
    Watch the video I just posted on a new thread if you wanna know why our kids are good this year. They have been playing together since they were babies and Mathews has been right there with them since the beginning. ANY team that wants the winning formula, that's how it's done. Crosby vs. Vidor will be the best game of bi-district. The difference won't be their defense vs. our offense. It will be our defense vs. their offense. We're gonna score; we run that offense BETTER THAN ANYONE IN THE STATE! (yes, I just said that). If our defense gives the same performance as they gave against PAM, we win. If not, gonna be a lot of scoring and who has the ball last.
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    robanadana got a reaction from Football52 in Crosby v. Vidor (Stallworth 7pm 11/10)   
    Got it all figured out how you're gonna stop our offense because you played Splendora? How about the fact that Barbie's Hill beat us the first game? What about playing PNG at the Rez? I think you better talk with PAM about your statistics. Not gonna feel good once we smack y'all. BTW, I believe we've played more at Stallworth than you the last few years. Perfectly fine with playing there.
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    robanadana got a reaction from Football52 in WHAT RECORD NEXT PIRATES? 1964?   
    I'll be there Friday night with Indians. Good luck to y'all too Matt. Take it to Barbie's Hill!
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    robanadana got a reaction from Football52 in WHAT RECORD NEXT PIRATES? 1964?   
    You have all exceeded the expectations of us family and fans. Not supposed to make the playoffs, picked in the bottom third, IH10 - Vidor 0. Too small, too slow. We heard all of that this year. Read the Vidor vs. Crosby (Stallworth) thread...you might as well not show up. After the first 10 games of the year you're 8 - 2, you won at Bulldog Stadium for the first time in 35 years, you won a district championship for the first time since 1978 by beating the #11 team in the state rankings. I'm reposting the Kenny Chesney video from the Nederland pump up not because of the song but because what some of the coaches on there have to say. Listen to them, in particular, one of the last coaches at the end. He says and I'm paraphrasing, "for a lot of you this might be your last game of football. How do you want to be remembered?" You've made the playoffs, do you want it to end now? 2011 went 3 rounds deep, 1964 three rounds took them to the state semifinals. After the video is an article about the 2011 Pirates compared to the 1964 Pirates. Read the article!!!! How about adding the 2016 Pirates to that list? Win, lose or draw, we love you guys and are extremely proud of you...how do you want to be remembered? Play every play like it's your last boys, PLAY HARD!
     
    BEAUMONT — 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  gently rests the green Army uniform he wore during his two tours of duty in Vietnam on his couch, pointing out a brown badge on the right pocket that he won for expert marksmanship. With the touch of his hand, he notices that one side of the badge has come loose — he doesn't see it because his eyesight has deteriorated to the point that he's legally blind. Next, he opens up a gray box holding the Bronze Star he won for superior performance as a teletype and cryptographic repairman, helping the Army break down Morse code to keep track of where the North Vietnamese were located. It's one of his proudest accomplishments, along with his wife, 11 children, 28 grandchildren and being a starting defensive tackle on the 1964 Vidor football team that reached the Class 3A state semifinals. That team is well-known in the small Orange County town for being the final Pirates team to reach the third round of the playoffs. That is, until this year's team, which lost 55-30 to Angleton on Friday in the Class 4A Division I playoffs. Related Stories
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The untold story of the 1964 team has been somewhat of a lasting legacy for the players.
    Some have gone on to success in the corporate world and other fields.
    And then there are four, like Sellers, who served their country in Vietnam, and one — Don Minton, a Marine — who never came home from the war. At 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds, Minton was undersized as a fullback but was great at running one of the team's favorite plays that year — the quick trap. His talent was enough to impress the coaches at 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  in Abilene, who offered him a spot on the football team after he graduated. “They told him they'd make him bigger,” said  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , Don Minton's uncle. Minton never got the chance to play college football. He was drafted in 1965. His induction group for the Army was told they needed two people to volunteer to be Marines.   When no one volunteered, Army officers decided to pick from the group of close to 100. Minton was selected — a decision that would put him on the front lines.
    A photo on the Oct. 28, 1966, cover of 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  showed Minton helping a wounded fellow Marine. In May 1967, Minton was shot in the leg by a sniper and bled to death. Word spread quickly to his former football teammates. While most found out by word of mouth back home, Sellers got the news in a letter from his wife. A large crowd attended Minton's funeral that year at Memorial Funeral Home in Vidor. “He was very likable, a best buddy, friendly and cheerful,” said Sellers, who couldn't make the funeral because he was still in Vietnam. “That whole senior class (of 21 players) was very close, so it was hard on us.” Beamon Minton named his son after Don as a tribute. His son's birthday is the same day Don Minton was scheduled to return from the war. Sellers, 65, is the only surviving Vietnam veteran from the team.  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , a guard on the team, died in a crash in California on his way home from his first tour of Vietnam with the Navy. Starting center  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who served in the Army, died at 41 of lupus. Many of his former teammates, however, speculate that his death was caused by exposure to Agent Orange. Sellers said Agent Orange, which was widely used where he was stationed in Da Nang, may have caused his blindness. Doctors diagnosed him with retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary eye condition, but Sellers said he has a hard time believing that diagnosis because no one in his family has ever had the condition. He said he had perfect vision before he entered the Army in 1965. After he returned from Vietnam, Sellers said, his vision deteriorated until he became legally blind and had to leave his job as an electrician at Mobil Oil in 1987. Sellers, who now lives in a spacious home north of Vidor, hasn't kept in touch with many of his teammates aside from class reunions. The last time they all reunited was during a 30th anniversary gathering in 1994, when they were honored at a football game. He  hasn't been to any of Vidor's games this year but has followed their success. Sellers hopes the team had as much fun on its playoff run as his crew did back in '64. “When you're that age, you're not thinking about the future; they should enjoy life as it presents itself,” Sellers said. “They're all going to grow old and get health issues. These are going to be some of the best times of their lives." Players from the 1964 team see several similarities between their team and the 2011 Pirates. “I've gotten phone calls and emails from them telling me how much our team reminds them of their teams,” said Vidor football coach  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Both teams are small and quick. Vidor's defensive line in 1964 featured the 156-pound Sellers, 160-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , 175-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  and 182-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who went on to become the superintendent of the Orangefield Independent School District. That 1964 team had three running backs in its wing-T offense, just like this year's team in its slot-T, although the 1964 team threw the ball a lot more. Wingback Jerry Wheeler still is in the Texas record books, tied for fourth in touchdown receptions in a game with five and tied for eighth in receiving yards in a game with 280. And as Mathews has made a point of trying to use his football team to change the perception of Vidor as racist, the coach in '64,  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , also had a reputation he was trying to change — that Vidor was a “hick town.” Payne had the booster club buy the team gold blazers with black ties that said “Pirates” in gold letters down the front. The players wore the blazers and ties when they traveled to games. “It was to show class,” said  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , an offensive guard and defensive tackle who was one of the 1964 team's captains, along with  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  and quarterback  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . “A lot of teams dressed up on game day back then.” Both teams played their first playoff game at  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  in front of a packed home side — the 1964 team drew 14,000 for its opening round game against Cy-Fair. When the 1964 team returned from its state semifinal loss against San Marcos, fans packed Main Street awaiting their arrival. The team actually had to get off the charter bus and walk the rest of the way to the high school because the streets were so crowded.
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    robanadana got a reaction from MYHOUSE in WHAT RECORD NEXT PIRATES? 1964?   
    I'll be there Friday night with Indians. Good luck to y'all too Matt. Take it to Barbie's Hill!
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    robanadana got a reaction from MYHOUSE in WHAT RECORD NEXT PIRATES? 1964?   
    You have all exceeded the expectations of us family and fans. Not supposed to make the playoffs, picked in the bottom third, IH10 - Vidor 0. Too small, too slow. We heard all of that this year. Read the Vidor vs. Crosby (Stallworth) thread...you might as well not show up. After the first 10 games of the year you're 8 - 2, you won at Bulldog Stadium for the first time in 35 years, you won a district championship for the first time since 1978 by beating the #11 team in the state rankings. I'm reposting the Kenny Chesney video from the Nederland pump up not because of the song but because what some of the coaches on there have to say. Listen to them, in particular, one of the last coaches at the end. He says and I'm paraphrasing, "for a lot of you this might be your last game of football. How do you want to be remembered?" You've made the playoffs, do you want it to end now? 2011 went 3 rounds deep, 1964 three rounds took them to the state semifinals. After the video is an article about the 2011 Pirates compared to the 1964 Pirates. Read the article!!!! How about adding the 2016 Pirates to that list? Win, lose or draw, we love you guys and are extremely proud of you...how do you want to be remembered? Play every play like it's your last boys, PLAY HARD!
     
    BEAUMONT — 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  gently rests the green Army uniform he wore during his two tours of duty in Vietnam on his couch, pointing out a brown badge on the right pocket that he won for expert marksmanship. With the touch of his hand, he notices that one side of the badge has come loose — he doesn't see it because his eyesight has deteriorated to the point that he's legally blind. Next, he opens up a gray box holding the Bronze Star he won for superior performance as a teletype and cryptographic repairman, helping the Army break down Morse code to keep track of where the North Vietnamese were located. It's one of his proudest accomplishments, along with his wife, 11 children, 28 grandchildren and being a starting defensive tackle on the 1964 Vidor football team that reached the Class 3A state semifinals. That team is well-known in the small Orange County town for being the final Pirates team to reach the third round of the playoffs. That is, until this year's team, which lost 55-30 to Angleton on Friday in the Class 4A Division I playoffs. Related Stories
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The untold story of the 1964 team has been somewhat of a lasting legacy for the players.
    Some have gone on to success in the corporate world and other fields.
    And then there are four, like Sellers, who served their country in Vietnam, and one — Don Minton, a Marine — who never came home from the war. At 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds, Minton was undersized as a fullback but was great at running one of the team's favorite plays that year — the quick trap. His talent was enough to impress the coaches at 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  in Abilene, who offered him a spot on the football team after he graduated. “They told him they'd make him bigger,” said  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , Don Minton's uncle. Minton never got the chance to play college football. He was drafted in 1965. His induction group for the Army was told they needed two people to volunteer to be Marines.   When no one volunteered, Army officers decided to pick from the group of close to 100. Minton was selected — a decision that would put him on the front lines.
    A photo on the Oct. 28, 1966, cover of 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  showed Minton helping a wounded fellow Marine. In May 1967, Minton was shot in the leg by a sniper and bled to death. Word spread quickly to his former football teammates. While most found out by word of mouth back home, Sellers got the news in a letter from his wife. A large crowd attended Minton's funeral that year at Memorial Funeral Home in Vidor. “He was very likable, a best buddy, friendly and cheerful,” said Sellers, who couldn't make the funeral because he was still in Vietnam. “That whole senior class (of 21 players) was very close, so it was hard on us.” Beamon Minton named his son after Don as a tribute. His son's birthday is the same day Don Minton was scheduled to return from the war. Sellers, 65, is the only surviving Vietnam veteran from the team.  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , a guard on the team, died in a crash in California on his way home from his first tour of Vietnam with the Navy. Starting center  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who served in the Army, died at 41 of lupus. Many of his former teammates, however, speculate that his death was caused by exposure to Agent Orange. Sellers said Agent Orange, which was widely used where he was stationed in Da Nang, may have caused his blindness. Doctors diagnosed him with retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary eye condition, but Sellers said he has a hard time believing that diagnosis because no one in his family has ever had the condition. He said he had perfect vision before he entered the Army in 1965. After he returned from Vietnam, Sellers said, his vision deteriorated until he became legally blind and had to leave his job as an electrician at Mobil Oil in 1987. Sellers, who now lives in a spacious home north of Vidor, hasn't kept in touch with many of his teammates aside from class reunions. The last time they all reunited was during a 30th anniversary gathering in 1994, when they were honored at a football game. He  hasn't been to any of Vidor's games this year but has followed their success. Sellers hopes the team had as much fun on its playoff run as his crew did back in '64. “When you're that age, you're not thinking about the future; they should enjoy life as it presents itself,” Sellers said. “They're all going to grow old and get health issues. These are going to be some of the best times of their lives." Players from the 1964 team see several similarities between their team and the 2011 Pirates. “I've gotten phone calls and emails from them telling me how much our team reminds them of their teams,” said Vidor football coach  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Both teams are small and quick. Vidor's defensive line in 1964 featured the 156-pound Sellers, 160-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , 175-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  and 182-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who went on to become the superintendent of the Orangefield Independent School District. That 1964 team had three running backs in its wing-T offense, just like this year's team in its slot-T, although the 1964 team threw the ball a lot more. Wingback Jerry Wheeler still is in the Texas record books, tied for fourth in touchdown receptions in a game with five and tied for eighth in receiving yards in a game with 280. And as Mathews has made a point of trying to use his football team to change the perception of Vidor as racist, the coach in '64,  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , also had a reputation he was trying to change — that Vidor was a “hick town.” Payne had the booster club buy the team gold blazers with black ties that said “Pirates” in gold letters down the front. The players wore the blazers and ties when they traveled to games. “It was to show class,” said  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , an offensive guard and defensive tackle who was one of the 1964 team's captains, along with  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  and quarterback  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . “A lot of teams dressed up on game day back then.” Both teams played their first playoff game at  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  in front of a packed home side — the 1964 team drew 14,000 for its opening round game against Cy-Fair. When the 1964 team returned from its state semifinal loss against San Marcos, fans packed Main Street awaiting their arrival. The team actually had to get off the charter bus and walk the rest of the way to the high school because the streets were so crowded.
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    robanadana got a reaction from prepballfan in WHAT RECORD NEXT PIRATES? 1964?   
    Keeping it at the top until this afternoon!
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    robanadana got a reaction from prepballfan in WHAT RECORD NEXT PIRATES? 1964?   
    You have all exceeded the expectations of us family and fans. Not supposed to make the playoffs, picked in the bottom third, IH10 - Vidor 0. Too small, too slow. We heard all of that this year. Read the Vidor vs. Crosby (Stallworth) thread...you might as well not show up. After the first 10 games of the year you're 8 - 2, you won at Bulldog Stadium for the first time in 35 years, you won a district championship for the first time since 1978 by beating the #11 team in the state rankings. I'm reposting the Kenny Chesney video from the Nederland pump up not because of the song but because what some of the coaches on there have to say. Listen to them, in particular, one of the last coaches at the end. He says and I'm paraphrasing, "for a lot of you this might be your last game of football. How do you want to be remembered?" You've made the playoffs, do you want it to end now? 2011 went 3 rounds deep, 1964 three rounds took them to the state semifinals. After the video is an article about the 2011 Pirates compared to the 1964 Pirates. Read the article!!!! How about adding the 2016 Pirates to that list? Win, lose or draw, we love you guys and are extremely proud of you...how do you want to be remembered? Play every play like it's your last boys, PLAY HARD!
     
    BEAUMONT — 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  gently rests the green Army uniform he wore during his two tours of duty in Vietnam on his couch, pointing out a brown badge on the right pocket that he won for expert marksmanship. With the touch of his hand, he notices that one side of the badge has come loose — he doesn't see it because his eyesight has deteriorated to the point that he's legally blind. Next, he opens up a gray box holding the Bronze Star he won for superior performance as a teletype and cryptographic repairman, helping the Army break down Morse code to keep track of where the North Vietnamese were located. It's one of his proudest accomplishments, along with his wife, 11 children, 28 grandchildren and being a starting defensive tackle on the 1964 Vidor football team that reached the Class 3A state semifinals. That team is well-known in the small Orange County town for being the final Pirates team to reach the third round of the playoffs. That is, until this year's team, which lost 55-30 to Angleton on Friday in the Class 4A Division I playoffs. Related Stories
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up The untold story of the 1964 team has been somewhat of a lasting legacy for the players.
    Some have gone on to success in the corporate world and other fields.
    And then there are four, like Sellers, who served their country in Vietnam, and one — Don Minton, a Marine — who never came home from the war. At 5-foot-8 and 140 pounds, Minton was undersized as a fullback but was great at running one of the team's favorite plays that year — the quick trap. His talent was enough to impress the coaches at 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  in Abilene, who offered him a spot on the football team after he graduated. “They told him they'd make him bigger,” said  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , Don Minton's uncle. Minton never got the chance to play college football. He was drafted in 1965. His induction group for the Army was told they needed two people to volunteer to be Marines.   When no one volunteered, Army officers decided to pick from the group of close to 100. Minton was selected — a decision that would put him on the front lines.
    A photo on the Oct. 28, 1966, cover of 
    This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  showed Minton helping a wounded fellow Marine. In May 1967, Minton was shot in the leg by a sniper and bled to death. Word spread quickly to his former football teammates. While most found out by word of mouth back home, Sellers got the news in a letter from his wife. A large crowd attended Minton's funeral that year at Memorial Funeral Home in Vidor. “He was very likable, a best buddy, friendly and cheerful,” said Sellers, who couldn't make the funeral because he was still in Vietnam. “That whole senior class (of 21 players) was very close, so it was hard on us.” Beamon Minton named his son after Don as a tribute. His son's birthday is the same day Don Minton was scheduled to return from the war. Sellers, 65, is the only surviving Vietnam veteran from the team.  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , a guard on the team, died in a crash in California on his way home from his first tour of Vietnam with the Navy. Starting center  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who served in the Army, died at 41 of lupus. Many of his former teammates, however, speculate that his death was caused by exposure to Agent Orange. Sellers said Agent Orange, which was widely used where he was stationed in Da Nang, may have caused his blindness. Doctors diagnosed him with retinitis pigmentosa, a hereditary eye condition, but Sellers said he has a hard time believing that diagnosis because no one in his family has ever had the condition. He said he had perfect vision before he entered the Army in 1965. After he returned from Vietnam, Sellers said, his vision deteriorated until he became legally blind and had to leave his job as an electrician at Mobil Oil in 1987. Sellers, who now lives in a spacious home north of Vidor, hasn't kept in touch with many of his teammates aside from class reunions. The last time they all reunited was during a 30th anniversary gathering in 1994, when they were honored at a football game. He  hasn't been to any of Vidor's games this year but has followed their success. Sellers hopes the team had as much fun on its playoff run as his crew did back in '64. “When you're that age, you're not thinking about the future; they should enjoy life as it presents itself,” Sellers said. “They're all going to grow old and get health issues. These are going to be some of the best times of their lives." Players from the 1964 team see several similarities between their team and the 2011 Pirates. “I've gotten phone calls and emails from them telling me how much our team reminds them of their teams,” said Vidor football coach  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . Both teams are small and quick. Vidor's defensive line in 1964 featured the 156-pound Sellers, 160-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , 175-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  and 182-pound  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , who went on to become the superintendent of the Orangefield Independent School District. That 1964 team had three running backs in its wing-T offense, just like this year's team in its slot-T, although the 1964 team threw the ball a lot more. Wingback Jerry Wheeler still is in the Texas record books, tied for fourth in touchdown receptions in a game with five and tied for eighth in receiving yards in a game with 280. And as Mathews has made a point of trying to use his football team to change the perception of Vidor as racist, the coach in '64,  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , also had a reputation he was trying to change — that Vidor was a “hick town.” Payne had the booster club buy the team gold blazers with black ties that said “Pirates” in gold letters down the front. The players wore the blazers and ties when they traveled to games. “It was to show class,” said  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , an offensive guard and defensive tackle who was one of the 1964 team's captains, along with  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  and quarterback  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . “A lot of teams dressed up on game day back then.” Both teams played their first playoff game at  This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up  in front of a packed home side — the 1964 team drew 14,000 for its opening round game against Cy-Fair. When the 1964 team returned from its state semifinal loss against San Marcos, fans packed Main Street awaiting their arrival. The team actually had to get off the charter bus and walk the rest of the way to the high school because the streets were so crowded.
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    robanadana got a reaction from prepballfan in WHAT RECORD NEXT PIRATES? 1964?   
    I'll be there Friday night with Indians. Good luck to y'all too Matt. Take it to Barbie's Hill!
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    robanadana got a reaction from mytwocents-28 in Bum Phillips trophy damaged   
    Who cares? I'll give y'all an old soccer trophy if it makes you feel better. Put a piece of duct tape over the names and there you go.
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    robanadana reacted to BMTSoulja1 in Bum Phillips trophy damaged   
    Maybe the trophy was a makeshift award for the annual Secret Spring Game...
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    robanadana got a reaction from NDNation in Bum Phillips trophy damaged   
    Who cares? I'll give y'all an old soccer trophy if it makes you feel better. Put a piece of duct tape over the names and there you go.
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