The_Philster
02-07-2005, 07:16 PM
Chuck Knox got his first job after his father was laid off from a steel mill in Pennsylvania.
Knox was 16 years old, but he lied and said he was 18 in order to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He made 831/2 cents an hour using a torch to tear apart old rail cars into scrap metal.
Fifty-six years later, the former Buffalo Bills head coach donated $1 million to his alma mater, Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa....more (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050206/9006892.asp)
http://www.buffalonews.com/graphics/2005/02/06/actualsize/0206knox.jpg
Chuck Knox is carried off the field after the Bills beat the Dolphins, 17-7, on Sept. 7, 1980, snapping a 20-game losing streak to Miami.
Knox was 16 years old, but he lied and said he was 18 in order to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He made 831/2 cents an hour using a torch to tear apart old rail cars into scrap metal.
Fifty-six years later, the former Buffalo Bills head coach donated $1 million to his alma mater, Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pa....more (http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050206/9006892.asp)
http://www.buffalonews.com/graphics/2005/02/06/actualsize/0206knox.jpg
Chuck Knox is carried off the field after the Bills beat the Dolphins, 17-7, on Sept. 7, 1980, snapping a 20-game losing streak to Miami.