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RIP Donnie Humphrey
Posted on 9/3/14 at 10:02 am
Posted on 9/3/14 at 10:02 am
Complications from diabetes. 53 years old (and a couple of months younger than me).
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Sometime during the winter of '82, I was at a party hosted by Molly Brown, daughter of legendary NBA HC Hubie Brown, who was attending AU at the time. Needless to say a lot of jocks were there. At one point I was chatting up the ladies in the living room, with the only light coming from the kitchen. All of a sudden the room went totally dark, and I turned to see who had switched off the light in the kitchen - only to discover the light hadn't been switched off, just completely blocked, by one guy: Donnie, who had just stepped into the doorway.
I know today's players are even bigger, but at the time he was the largest human being I had ever seen. And a helluva nice guy, as I remember (of course he could afford to be nice to me, since he outweighed me by about 180 lbs)
RIP #79.
ETA: Huntsville Times article
Former AU great passes
Sometime during the winter of '82, I was at a party hosted by Molly Brown, daughter of legendary NBA HC Hubie Brown, who was attending AU at the time. Needless to say a lot of jocks were there. At one point I was chatting up the ladies in the living room, with the only light coming from the kitchen. All of a sudden the room went totally dark, and I turned to see who had switched off the light in the kitchen - only to discover the light hadn't been switched off, just completely blocked, by one guy: Donnie, who had just stepped into the doorway.
I know today's players are even bigger, but at the time he was the largest human being I had ever seen. And a helluva nice guy, as I remember (of course he could afford to be nice to me, since he outweighed me by about 180 lbs)
RIP #79.
ETA: Huntsville Times article
This post was edited on 9/3/14 at 10:05 am
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Posted on 9/3/14 at 10:25 am to FearlessFreep
I knew Molly brown very well. Went to HS with her at Marist in Atlanta.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 10:56 am to Pavoloco83
RIP....many games I saw with you kicking butt!
Posted on 9/3/14 at 11:01 am to Pavoloco83
quote:Ha, we may have been at the same party.
knew Molly brown very well. Went to HS with her at Marist in Atlanta.
She was good friends (sorority sisters, I think) with the girlfriend of my roommate/lead guitarist. I remember her as, umm, kind of a dour personality. In fact the first time I saw Debbie Downer on SNL I thought, "oh, so that's what Molly Brown's up to these days..."
Posted on 9/3/14 at 11:06 am to FearlessFreep
RIP #79
Posted on 9/3/14 at 5:40 pm to FearlessFreep
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I remember her as, umm, kind of a dour personality. In fact the first time I saw Debbie Downer on SNL I thought, "oh, so that's what Molly Brown's up to these days..."
Uh. yes.
All I will say is IWNHI. Her claim to fame was her dad. in HS she had a boyfriend I played football with who was a nice guy. Molly was nice enough.
We both went to AU, but I didnt hang in the same crowd as her. So I am pretty sure we werent at the same party.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 6:47 pm to Pavoloco83
Yeah, I didn't exactly hang with Molly either, like I said she was a friend of a friend. Pretty sure the party where I met Donnie Humphrey was the only one of hers I got invited to.
I hung out at WEGL and played in a semi-punk band, we were probably a little too low rent and geeky to run with her crowd. But she was pretty cool, once you got past the Debbie Downer thing...
I hung out at WEGL and played in a semi-punk band, we were probably a little too low rent and geeky to run with her crowd. But she was pretty cool, once you got past the Debbie Downer thing...
Posted on 9/3/14 at 7:05 pm to FearlessFreep
AU was churning out some incredible D-linemen in the early 80`s, Donnie, Doug Smith, Ben Thomas, Dow Aughtman..,, WAR EAGLE Donnie you will be missed.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:18 pm to FearlessFreep
Donnie Humphrey was a straight bad-arse on the gridiron.
And he knocked my dick in the dirt a number of time playing basketball at the old old Student Act.
RIP, mah man.
And he knocked my dick in the dirt a number of time playing basketball at the old old Student Act.
RIP, mah man.
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:20 pm to AU66
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AU was churning out some incredible D-linemen in the early 80`s, Donnie, Doug Smith, Ben Thomas, Dow Aughtman
Frank Warren, Edmund Nelson, Gerald Williams, Gerald Robinson, Harold Hallman (RIP).
Posted on 9/3/14 at 9:32 pm to FearlessFreep
Rip donnie
Posted on 9/4/14 at 8:43 am to beatbammer
We had some awesome D-Lines when Wayne Hall was there with Pat Dye. Defense was our strength for much of the 80's I miss that. A LOT.
Posted on 9/4/14 at 6:38 pm to Pavoloco83
DH signed my baseball cap when he showed up to one of my little league games one year. My Dad had to go with me because I was scared to death of him. He could tell I was nervous, and after my Dad gave him a "War Eagle" he spent several minutes talking to us. War Eagle Mr. Humphrey!
He could tell I was nervous, and after my Dad gave him a "War Eagle" he spent several minutes talking to us. War Eagle Mr. Humphrey!
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