第15章 盲爸爸看我踢足球 1(第1页)
第15章盲爸爸看我踢足球(1)
BlindDadWatchedMePlayFootball
佚名Anonymous
BobRichard,theformerpole-vault,sharesamovingstoryaboutaskinnyyoungboywholovedfootballwithallhisheart。Practiceafterpractice,heeagerlygaveeverythibeinghalfthesizeoftheotherboyshegotabsolutelyallthegames,thishopefulathletesatonthebendhardlyeverplayed。Thisteenagerlivedalohhisfather,ahemhadaveryspecialrelatiohoughthesonwasalwaysonthebench,hisfatherwasalwaysiandsg。Henevermissedagame。
Thisyoungmanwasstillthesmallestoftheheenteredhighschool。Buthisfatheruedtehim,butalsomadeitveryclearthathedidoplayfootballifhedidn’t>
Buttheyoungmaballaohanginthere。Hewasdetermiryhisbestateverypradperhapshe’dgettoplaywhenhebeior。Allthroughhighsevermissedaprae,butremainedabenchwarmerallfouryears。Hisfaithfulfatherwasalwaysiands,alordsementforhim。
&heyouocollege,hedecidedtotryoutforthefootballteamasawalk-on。Everyonewassureheevermakethecut,buthedid。Theittedthathekepthimoerbecausehealuthisheartandsouliidatthesametime,providedtheothermemberswiththespirit。
&hathehadsurvivedthecutthrilledhimsomuchthatherushedtothephoneaher。Hisfathersharedhisextaseasosforallthees。Thispersistentyouenevermissedpractighisfouryearsatcollege,butheoplayinagame。
Itwastheendoftheseniorfootballseason,aedoicefieldshortlybefplayoffgame,theethimwithatelegramahlysilent。
Swallowinghard,hemumbledtotheyfatherdiedthism。IsitallrightifImisspracticetoday?”
Thecoachputhisarmgentlyaroundhisshoulderandsaid,“Taketherestoftheweekoff,son。AnddooeonSaturday。”
Saturdayarrived,andthegamewasnotgoihethirdquarter,wheenpointsbehiyoungmalyslippediyloandputonhisfootballgear。Asheranontothesidelihedhisplayerswereastouheirfaithfulteammateba。
“Coach,pleaseletmeplay。I’vejustgottoplaytoday,”saidtheyoungman。
Thecoadedhereantedhisworstplayerinthiscloseplayoffgame。Buttheyoued,andfinallyfeelingsorryforthekid,thecoa。
“Allright。”hesaid,“You。”
Bef,thecoach,theplayers,andeveryoandsotbelievetheireyes。Thislittleunknolayedbeforewasdright。Theopposingteamotstophim。Heran,passed,blodtackledlikeastar。Thescoresweresoontied。