Was It All Just for Kicks?

By Don Osborne

An Unexpected Honor It happened on May 1, 2011 on Sunday afternoon with about seventy-five friends, former kickers and families of former kickers, coaches, my family, and other friends from the church and community. The Thomasville Athletic Boosters Club, the Thomasville Athletic Department and others from the community had made the arrangements. They had raised enough money to replace the old original post and add one at the other end of the field. This field is not only used for football practice and track and field, but soccer is also played there. It is probably one of the best facilities of its kind around. This facility was named "The Allen Brown Athletic Complex" in honor of retired football coach Allen Brown. So having the goal posts dedicated to me on that Sunday afternoon was a great honor. There were several speakers who said some very complimentary things, pointing out the two beautiful new goal posts that were being dedicated to me. Then my attention was called to a plaque that was placed on the wall of the Allen Brown athletic Complex. I was overwhelmed by all the wonderful things said and the honor I received. I was also amazed at the number of friends who were there to share this moment with me. I really didn't think I deserved this much adulation. As I told them, I have enjoyed it so much because of all the rewards received in seeing these young men progress and become successful in their journey through life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
• Release date: May 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781644714065

Don Osborne

Biography Hi, I'm Don Osborne. I founded INQUARTA in 1994 and for the past 18 years I have helped more than than 10,000 students apply to medical school, dental school, MBA school, law school, and other graduate programs. I'm a professional admissions coach, a former MCAT instructor, a speaker, and author, a tennis lover, and a tech geek. Back in the 1990′s I created a course for The Princeton Review called "Verbal Accelerator." I taught MCAT prep for nearly 10 years, and I trained dozens of other instructors during my time at The Princeton Review.