Remembering The Passed

Remembering Nick Buoniconti, Cliff Branch, D.A. Pennebaker Nick Buoniconti was the middle linebacker for the great Miami dolphin teams of the early 1970’s, the leader of the no-name defense. His life took a turn when his son suffered a severe neck injury in a college football game, and Buoniconti became a spokesman for spinal cord injuries. Late in life he developed dementia that he believed to be football related. Cliff Branch was the sprinter turned wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders of the 1970’s and 1980’s. He is generally regarded as one of the great deep threats in the history of the game, although he is still not in the Hall of Fame. D. A. Pennebaker was the documentary filmmaker who works including a profile of a young Bob Dylan in Don’t Look Back (1967) and Monterey Pop (1968), often regarded as the best rock and roll documentary,