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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
This is the protector to which I was referring. If the photo were in color, you would see that it is a light blue +POS.
Oh, and Paul...I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Durwood Merrill passed away in January of 2003, so I won't be looking him up when I travel through Hooks.
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This picture of Durwood is probably around the time he left the game in 1999. Why would he be wearing a protector from the seventies? I forgot Durwood had passed away. It's a shame because those Augie stories were hilarious (ROTFLMAO).
You must have been the inspiration for the title of his book, "You're Out and You're Ugly, Too". I met him at a book signing, at some award banquet, and when his son was a coach in one of the surrounding school districts. If not mistaken, I believe his daughter lives in the area, also. I met her one time and she was with him.