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Gunzlingr
05-20-2003, 11:40 PM
PATTERSON HGTS. - Hank Fraley is a bona fide pro football player. But no matter how big his star shines in the NFL, he will never forget his roots.

That's why he teed it up Monday at the 10th annual Joe Walton Celebrity Spring Classic.

Once a Colonial, always a Colonial.

"Playing football at Robert Morris was like being part of a family," said Fraley, the starting center for the Philadelphia Eagles. "Joe Walton always treated me like family. He is family. So it's good to be back here today to help raise money for the Robert Morris football program."

Fraley, a three-time NCAA Division I-AA All-American at Robert Morris University from 1997-99, was one of nearly 40 celebrities to played scramble golf at Beaver Valley Golf Club.

Typically, every year when Walton, the head coach at RMU, stages his golf tournament to raise money for his program, it's a reunion of his friends in the sports world

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