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Richard Blair "Dick" "Little Mo"
Modzelewski

February 16, 1931 – October 19, 2018

Richard Modzelewski
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Ken Reinhard

Dear Modzelewski Family: I grew up in Bridgeport, CT in the 1950s and 1960s and Dick "Little Mo" Modzelewski and the other NY Football Giants were my heroes. After Dick was traded to the Browns I was at a dinner where Coach Allie Sherman was the main speaker. I was about 12 and I asked Coach Sherman (very pointedly) "why did you trade Little Mo". I would not have been happy with any answer Sherman could give. Dick was a bedrock of those great Giants teams. I used to watch practice at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT during the era of the CBS special "The Violent World of Sam Huff" and Dick was a major reason that the Jints were in so many Championship Games. Finally, I have a classic photo of the 1958 Championship Game in my current house and in the frame, Johnny Unitas, getting ready to throw and Dick advancing on Unitas. To this day "I wish Mo had sacked him". Anyway, God Bless You, Mr. Modzelewski, for being a hero to young boy long ago. Ken Reinhard
Tuesday October 23, 2018 at 10:03 pm
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