David Russell

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St Pete Junior College from '62 to '64; married 1964; Drafted and joined Air Force in 1964; Clark Air Base in Phillipines 1965 to 1967 as Radio Intecept Analyst; University of Phillipines 1965; Kelly Air Base San Antonio Texas from 1967 to 1968; SPJC 1968 to 1969; Divorced 1969; University of South Florida 1969 to 1972, major in Finance; Florida Dept of Revenue from 1973 to 1976 as Tax Examiner; Florida State University from 1974 to 1976, major in Accounting; Booker & Company Inc in Tampa FL from 1977 to 1996 as Comptroller; Married 1978; Divorced 1996; Consulting work 1996 to 2011;
Met the Love of my Life in 1996, Sandy, Married in 2004 after her recovery from surgery removing a tumor next to her brain, we are living happily ever after...; Retired 2011; Our Spiritual lives have been fulfilled as we are active members at Idelwild Baptist Church in Lutz, serving our LORD with Gladness. We are currently Blessed with Excellent Health. Praise The Lord!!!

This could be a funny story, maybe? My attempts to play football. I believe my first attempt was as a sophomore where I broke a finger in pre-season practice and was unable to continue. Then I tried again as a Junior and was knocked nearly unconcious by John Wigley, again in pre-season practice, and decided chasing girls was more important than chasing footballs. Oops, my mistake?
Even so, I have treasured memories from football practice; like pushing sleds with the coach standing on it, windspints, and Coach Deck telling me he wanted to try a tall, slim Center? This led to memories of Gordon Geissler crushing my ankles because I was not fast enough to get out of the way of a pulling guard?? Also some unconciousness when the backup Quarterback moved his hands too soon... Oh yeah, the killer workout drills introduced by a new assistant Coach named Kriever. But back on defense at defensive end, trying to get more tackles than Bill Paulson during the practice drills. Bill was my best friend that year, last I heard he was going to helicopter pilot training for the Army and we lost touch. I have some regret that I didn't hang in there to make the team...