Cal Barton
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Last Updated |
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June 30, 2009 |
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Residing In |
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Tyler, TX USA |
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Children |
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Cam, born 1981
Tom, born 1982
Kate, born 1984
Cole, born 1985 |
| College attended/Area of study |
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SFASU,UT
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Occupation |
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Global IT Risk Manager. JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Hobbies |
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Guitar, Working at my farm, Family and friends!
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Birthday |
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November 8, 1955 |
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School Story |
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I'd like to relate a football story. Everyone who played football at NHS during my short career will remember that I was a very "marginal" football player. I spent my years firmly entrenched as a member of the "scrubs", and my love for the game kept me at it probably longer than reason would have otherwise dictated. I would also like to say before I go on that the hardest hitter from our class pound for pound was Garry Moynihan. Garry went full tilt every play. It is a good thing he was not 6 foot 4 and 280 pounds - many of us would still be in rehab!
Anyway, at the beginning of my junior year I was finally going to get to practice with the varsity and I was very excited about that. As a scrub on defense it was my job to be a part of the unit that practiced against the first team offense. Little did I know that the reason for this is because the coaches did not want their good defensive players getting hurt!
On the first day of practice - my first play on defense - I was determined to cover my assignment and make my play. I was at defensive end and I was supposed to cover the running back on an end run, so I stepped across the line and concentrated on the running back coming in my direction, intent on making a good play .... the next thing I remember is being run over by a freight train, or so I thought. Otis Norris had pulled from his left guard position to lead the play and he hit me so hard that I thought I was dying. Coach Ronnie Collum was standing over me screaming at me to get up and I was laying there waiting for the ambulance! I felt like every internal organ I owned had just exploded. I never saw the guy coming at me!
I finally struggled to my feet, with tears in my eyes and lined up again. Next play Kim Hogan did almost the same thing to me. I thought if I was going to have to go through that every 30 seconds I wasn't gonna last very long.
Needless to say my football career went seriously downhill from that moment. I figured I better listen a little better in math class because this certainly wasn't my future. I did, however, develop a true and lasting respect for all the guys who played the game so well and gave us all those thrills on Friday evenings. |
Jan and Cal at the Christian Country Music Awards in Nashville, TN 2002
Cal and Ig at the 25th Reunion
Cal and Carol headed to a dance in high school
Cal and Fernando at Cindy and Lester's
Cal and Jan at 25th Reunion
Cal in his Riviera at the Sonic 1974
Cal at the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville 2002
Cal and Jan during the Rose Festival Queen's Tea 1999
Christmas 2004 Tom, Cole, Cal, Kate, Jan, Marilyn
Jan Sr Night, Jan and Cal wedding day, Cal going to a dance in hs
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