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On the TUNNEYSIDE of
SPORTS December 3, 2012 #413 Coming up
next..."The Catch"
After further
review...Thirty years ago, January 10, 1982 actually, it was my privilege
to referee the NFC championship game at Candlestick Park between the
Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers. The 'Niners, under the
direction of quarterback Joe Montana and the wisdom of head coach Bill
Walsh, drove 89 yards in 13 plays late in the game to score on a pass
from Montana to Dwight Clark.
"The Catch"
is now famous in 'Niner lore. Montana, scrambling out of the pocket and
being chased by Ed "Too Tall" Jones, threw wildly into the end
zone. Clark, breaking his route, ran in the direction of that pass and
leaped-some say higher than he had ever been off the ground-to catch the
pass. The 'Niners prevailed 28-27 and proceeded to their first Super Bowl
(XVI).
Moving from one super
bowl T*E*A*M to another, the New York Giants benefitted from another
legendary catch when wide receiver Mario Manningham (now with San
Francisco) snatched a long sideline pass from Eli Manning with less than
four minutes remaining in Super Bowl XLVI to set up the Giants game
winning drive.
There have been many
spectacular catches in the NFL's rich history, but none may have had more
impact than the one that will never appear in Martellus Bennett's stats.
Exiting the field after a recent Giants victory over the Green Bay
Packers, the 6' 6", 265-pound Bennett (who had his best game with
some physical blocking and three catches for forty-four yards), made his
fourth catch of that evening.
Bennett said, "I
was handing my gloves to some kids leaning over the railing, when a
middle age man tried to take the gloves, but a kid grabbed the gloves and
ducked". Bennett saw the kid's maneuver which caused the man
reaching over the kid to fall about fifteen feet towards the ground.
"So I just caught him, it wasn't that big of a deal", said
Bennett. After "the catch", both fell to the ground unhurt.
"I guess I saved
his life" said Bennett, a certified lifeguard and a fan of
superheroes who likens himself to Marvel X-Men's Cyclops. "I've been
'catching' people for a long time. I was happy the guy was okay".
Will you look for
someone who might be falling and in need of a "catch"?
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