The_Philster
08-18-2002, 04:06 PM
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/sports/bills/0818story1_bills.shtml
.....Ten-year-old Mark Fulton decided the Bills could use one more fan.
"It's kind of an Australian tradition to root for the underdog," he said. "It just seemed like the right thing for the Bills to become my team."
Seventeen years later, Fulton has spent the last few weeks in Rochester, watching his favorite mates at training camp at St. John Fisher College.
"I'm in football heaven," says the 27-year-old Melbourne podiatrist who traveled more than 10,000 miles to Pittsford.
Four years ago, Fulton came to the United States to visit his brother in Connecticut. He wrote a letter to Marv Levy and when the coach responded, he took a side trip to Buffalo to see the Bills play Carolina.
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Pinto Guy was telling me about this guy the other night. He came up for preseason because he wanted to know for sure that he could get tickets. Apparently, ticket scalping is treated like prostitution down under.
.....Ten-year-old Mark Fulton decided the Bills could use one more fan.
"It's kind of an Australian tradition to root for the underdog," he said. "It just seemed like the right thing for the Bills to become my team."
Seventeen years later, Fulton has spent the last few weeks in Rochester, watching his favorite mates at training camp at St. John Fisher College.
"I'm in football heaven," says the 27-year-old Melbourne podiatrist who traveled more than 10,000 miles to Pittsford.
Four years ago, Fulton came to the United States to visit his brother in Connecticut. He wrote a letter to Marv Levy and when the coach responded, he took a side trip to Buffalo to see the Bills play Carolina.
....
Pinto Guy was telling me about this guy the other night. He came up for preseason because he wanted to know for sure that he could get tickets. Apparently, ticket scalping is treated like prostitution down under.