"Historic Heisman Speech" Among Veterans Day Piecescom.mov

As the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor approaches, Outside the Lines will commemorate the only University of Minnesota football player to win the Heisman Trophy, Bruce Smith, as part of a special Veterans Day program. OTL will present the recently re-discovered audio recording of Smith's acceptance speech which he was compelled to re-write for the ceremony which took place two days after the attack. Hosted by Bob Ley, the show will also feature a look at Penn State football player Patrick Byers; a Navy diver who collected remnants of the Pearl Harbor attack, and the lost playing time of several Major Leaguers whose careers were interrupted by World War II.

"America will owe a great debt to football when we finish this (war) off. It keeps millions of American youngsters like myself hard and able to take it, and come back for more. It teaches team play and cooperation, and eggs us on to go out and fight hard for the honor of our school, and likewise, that same spirit can be depended on when we have to fight like blazes to defend our country." -- Bruce Smith, during his Heisman acceptance

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