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| While watching some of the Northwestern football game yesterday, I picked up on the name
Dunsmore as a NW tight end. My curiosity got the best of me and I discovered that Drake Dunsmore is the son of Pat Dunsmore from Ankeny who played college ball at Drake and got in a couple of seasons with the Chicago Bears. Sort of neat to have a Bulldog offspring carrying on the Drake name.
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| Unfortunately, he had a costly fumble against Michigan St.
He grew up in suburban Kansas City.
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| | Something in the back of my mind kind of remembers an incident when Pat was with the Bears. Didn't someone flatten him or hit him with a sucker punch, or something like that? Can anyone recall something like that, or am I thinking of someone/thing else? |
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| dog67 (10/18/2009)
Something in the back of my mind kind of remembers an incident when Pat was with the Bears. Didn't someone flatten him or hit him with a sucker punch, or something like that? Can anyone recall something like that, or am I thinking of someone/thing else?
You are correct. I think it may have been on Monday night football. Somehow Pat got hit and he wasn't even dressed for the game. Someone must remember the facts better than I.
PS. Pat has always been my favorite Bulldog football player. |
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| | He was one of Ditka's favoriate players. I spoke with Iron Mike at his restaurant and he told me so. |
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| | I've spoken with Drake before - as you could probably assume, his dad named him Drake after the institution he graduated from. |
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There's a Register story about Pat and Drake Dunsmore as Northwestern prepares to play at Iowa. No one will officially confirm that Drake is named after the school, but Drake says "it's kind of hard to deny it." You have to love this quote from Pat:
“Honestly, I never liked Iowa or Iowa State,” Dunsmore said. “I was a Drake Bulldog. We had real good teams when I was there. We always felt a little bit left out.”
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| Nice picture. The weight room has done wonders for him.
Northwestern is my Dad's school, so that's my "other" college team. Go Wildcats.
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| Northwestern wins. Woo Hoo!
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| | I played with Pat in 1979 and I remember that incident well. You better believe it had to be a blindside incident. Because Pat was one tuff cookie |
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| Pat Dunsmore played when I attended Drake. He was a great player and a likeable guy. The team was quite good. They were co-champs of the MVC one year around 1980 or so.
Like Pat, my kid goes to Northwestern. Our family went down to Tampa for the Outback Bowl on New Year's Day to see Northwestern play Auburn. Drake Dunsmore had a fantastic game, including a 66-yard TD. Northwestern broke just about every passing record for the Outback Bowl, but lost the game in OT. Their QB, Kafka, was 47 of 79 for 532 yards. My guess is Drake caught at least 6 passes. |
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| | If memory serves me correctly (this was preseason Bears vs Cards in the '84-'85 ((superbowl)) season)..the Fridge threw Lomax down like a sack of potatoes. I bit of a melee transpired and it all kind of went south from there as the group rumbled onto the sidelines. I can't remember if Pat was trying to break things up or just got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he ended up on the ground and Otis Anderson along with a few other cronies, were beating him and I think even kicking him. It was pitiful beyond belief. I think Pat suffered a concussion and along with some overworked knees (maybe a back issue in there too, I don't know) he was unable to return to duty that year. Always kind of thought Otis Anderson was cool before that incident... |
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