Watch as Bryan Sperry, an 89-year-old veteran of World War II, catches a short pass and takes it to the house during Saturday’s Kansas Alumni Flag Football contest.
It isn’t quite like watching Gale Sayers, but a neat story nonetheless. According to the Kansas City Star, Sperry’s college career started at Kansas State, but was cut short to serve as an infantryman in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he attended Kansas and played for the rival Jayhawks. Sperry was a member of the 1947 team that reached the Orange Bowl.
About Mike Ferguson
Mike Ferguson is a Bloguin contributor, the editor of Noled Out and a lifetime Florida State sports enthusiast. Mike vividly remembers watching Warrick Dunn run down the sideline in Gainesville in 1993, the "Choke at Doak" in 1994 and Monte Cummings' driving layup to beat #1 Duke in 2002. Mike has worked as a sports reporter in both print and online. For isportsweb in 2013, Mike gave press coverage of Florida State football's run to the 2013 national championship. Mike has been featured on SI.com, FoxSports.com and Yahoo Sports while interviewing major sports stars such as 2013 National League MVP Andrew McCutchen. Mike graduated from Florida State University in 2009 with a major in Religion and a minor in Communications. Mike currently resides in Haines City, Florida with his wife Jennifer and daughters Trinity and Greenly. Mike is a full-time reporter at Polk County's newspaper, The Ledger, in Lakeland, Florida. Mike can be followed on Twitter @MikeWFerguson.
