Tom Robinson, a Hero Then, Our Hero Now!
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Sitting in a rocking chair on the porch of The Green Parrot Liquor store Saturday night University of Dayton Alumni and Green Parrot employee Tom Robinson was pondering The Dayton Flyers bold if ill-fated run in this year’s NCAA basketball tournament.
Seeming to be in an expansive mood, Tom pulls out a small velvet pouch from which emerges an oversized and unmistakable championship ring which Tom earned as an offensive guard on the 1980 Division III champion University of Dayton football squad.
An NCAA Championship Ring, I ask you, who’s got one of of those?
And Tom would add, “This guy!”