Thoughts on the Passing of Three Sports Legends

By Justin Stakes

by Dr. Mark Hendrickson

Grove City, PA -(AmmoLand.com)- With the recent passing of Arnold Palmer, yet another all-time great sports icon has left us in 2016.

How ironic that three athletes, each of whom was the face of his sport in the 1960s—Arnold Palmer in golf, Muhammad Ali in boxing, and Gordie Howe in hockey—all have left us this year.

Perhaps that is fitting. They deserve to be remembered together for their combined impact on the world of sports.

Although I am a lifelong sports fan, I’ll confess to having only modest interest in golf. That interest, though, stems entirely from the winsome personality of Arnold Palmer. The combination of his sonorous drawl, charismatic smile, twinkling eyes, easy-going manner, modesty, genuineness, and gentlemanliness made it impossible not to be charmed by the man. Arnie was the hook that drew me to watch enough golf tournaments over the years to at least know who the outstanding players are in any given year.

For the baby boomer generation, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali, and Gordie Howe were three of the brightest stars …Read the Rest

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