So my Fatherinlaw lives down in Boca and plays golf with him. Tells him I've been a Jet fan for over 40 years . So he signed a little note to me on a $1 about him and SB, cool
For those that don't know who he is :
Played center for the Jets 10 years and SB 3 and had pneumonia during the SB
Here's another cool tidbit,
Two years after the Super Bowl, Schmitt was surfing on Waikiki, wearing his ring. When he emerged from the Pacific after numerous wipeouts, it was gone.
“I went back out with set of flippers and a snorkel and nearly drowned looking for it but I was sick,” he said.
In October of 2011, Schmitt got a call from Bob Corrente of the Jets, asking if he was sitting down. He told him a lady from Honolulu had his ring.
“My exact words were, ‘No f------’ way,” Schmitt said.
In 1973, two years after Schmitt lost the ring, a lifeguard was snorkeling in 20 feet of water and saw something glistening in the sand. He brought it home and stuck it in a box for 38 years. When he passed away, his niece went over to clean out his apartment.
“A small box falls out of this pair of shoes and it was my Super Bowl ring,” Schmitt said. “It was a miracle. He didn’t know what he had. He was a lifeguard making 50 bucks a week. They took it to a friend who worked for ESPN in Honolulu and he said, “That’s a Super Bowl ring. It’s John Schmitt. He was the center for Joe Namath.’
“They said, 'that was so long ago, he must be dead.’ ”
He’s anything but dead, of course, with stories that will last forever.
Watched him play with Joe" Willie " and gang at Shea in the early 70's
Now I i have a connection to our greatest day as Jet fans
Woot
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For those that don't know who he is :
Played center for the Jets 10 years and SB 3 and had pneumonia during the SB
Here's another cool tidbit,
Two years after the Super Bowl, Schmitt was surfing on Waikiki, wearing his ring. When he emerged from the Pacific after numerous wipeouts, it was gone.
“I went back out with set of flippers and a snorkel and nearly drowned looking for it but I was sick,” he said.
In October of 2011, Schmitt got a call from Bob Corrente of the Jets, asking if he was sitting down. He told him a lady from Honolulu had his ring.
“My exact words were, ‘No f------’ way,” Schmitt said.
In 1973, two years after Schmitt lost the ring, a lifeguard was snorkeling in 20 feet of water and saw something glistening in the sand. He brought it home and stuck it in a box for 38 years. When he passed away, his niece went over to clean out his apartment.
“A small box falls out of this pair of shoes and it was my Super Bowl ring,” Schmitt said. “It was a miracle. He didn’t know what he had. He was a lifeguard making 50 bucks a week. They took it to a friend who worked for ESPN in Honolulu and he said, “That’s a Super Bowl ring. It’s John Schmitt. He was the center for Joe Namath.’
“They said, 'that was so long ago, he must be dead.’ ”
He’s anything but dead, of course, with stories that will last forever.
Watched him play with Joe" Willie " and gang at Shea in the early 70's
Now I i have a connection to our greatest day as Jet fans
Woot
:smiley-bounce013: