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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3638378, member: 5798"] An interesting side note about Archie Bell. He is the older brother of the late [URL='https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=ricky+bell&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8'][B]Ricky Bell[/B][/URL] who was a running back for USC, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Ricky was the PAC 8 player of the year in 1976. Bell was the #1 selection in the 1977 NFL draft. He also played for San Diego. He passed in 1984 at the age of 29 from a heart attack brought on by a rare muscle disease. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1596914290140.png"]57448[/ATTACH] Ricky and a couple of his teammates would come into the local grocery store I worked at during that time, which was about 2 miles south of the USC campus. Everyone on the evening shift knew who he was. They came in year round. I got to know him casually. He was a good dude. Two things I'll always remember about him. He was always cordial and friendly, and he was H-U-G-E. If you never saw him play, or don't remember him, a player he closely resembled in speed and style was Franco Harris. BIG, strong, elusive and very fast. The last time I saw him was at a Police and Fire Olympics basketball game in San Diego in 1982. RIP Ricky. [/QUOTE]