“All we could do for him was win the game and when we won the game, he was a very happy man. And he walked away, the gentleman he was, without getting involved in all the tormenting that was going on from the stands.”
“There was no question he was one of the dominant football players of the era of the late 1920s and early '30s. We recognized this and, fortunately, the members of the Hall of Fame committee were kind enough to look at the material we put together. Every time I read it, I am proud of what my teammates have done. ... It has come to fruition.”
“For a variety of reasons we can speculate on, he didn't make it into the Hall of Fame. But unquestionably, those who remained in football and knew of him and who knew football, they were all confident he would get in the Hall.”
“And we accomplished as 'Bennie's Boys' a lot of good things for the university, and I think it made our group that much stronger. Not just get-togethers for fun's sake, but we helped the university and future athletes at the school.”
“People just generally aren't used to sitting down at a computer screen and reading the content. Screen delivery has come a long way, but it just is not there yet.”
