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I can't help but to be very proud of men like John Tuggle, who at 25 played football on the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants pro football team. And then died in his sleep at 25 years old, after succeeding against all odds to simply make the team.
I can't help but to be very proud of men like John Tuggle, who at 25 played football on the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants pro football team. And then died in his sleep at 25 years old, after succeeding against all odds to simply make the team.
And
in his last moments knowing that what he had was terminal he visited Head Coach
Bill Parcells all sharply dressed up in Bill's Coaches office, for one last toast.
To share his gratitude and appreciation for all of what Bill Parsell did for
his pro football career.
To have one last drink says everything about the intangible quality's that we just can't see in people until it is in plain sight, because of who they really are. That is what real men and women are truly made of in the best and worst moment of their life together with us.
To have one last drink says everything about the intangible quality's that we just can't see in people until it is in plain sight, because of who they really are. That is what real men and women are truly made of in the best and worst moment of their life together with us.
Look at his story in this 30-30 video of the Irrelevant
Giant and see and hear what real men and women are truly made of.
IRRELEVANT
GIANT
Directed by Don Lepore & Shaun
Silva
In 1983, during Bill Parcells' rookie season as head coach
of the New York Giants, he came to know a very special athlete. The NFL draft's
John Tuggle not only made his team against all odds, he left a lasting
impression. Grantland's Chuck Klosterman
interviews Bill Parcells
About The Irrelevant Giant
Film Summary
John Tuggle, the 1983 NFL draft's Mr. Irrelevant, was
anything but irrelevant to legendary coach Bill Parcells. The normally tough
and gruff coach will guide us on an emotional journey as he recounts his own
rookie season as the head coach of the New York Giants and the year he came to
know this very special athlete who made his team against all odds. But only one
year later, a rare and unbeatable form of cancer would change both John's and
Coach Parcells' destinies leaving behind a lasting impact on teammates and the
life of the coach who understands just how fragile life can be.
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