I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A TRIBUTE TO mflers who are no longer with us.

HEY MY EF/MF FAMILY:
I WAS GOING THRU SOME OLD MIGGLE POSTS AND I CAME ACROSS SOME OF DOC Schemby's posts and I really felt cheated that I never had the op to meet such a great person and genius EF/MFeler, and Dirk Thomas and his skill always fascinates me. At one of the big tourneys or events i would love to see a tribute to those hobbyists who have passed on. its up to us to keep EF/MF alive as well as the memory of those who impacted the hobby with thier knowledge, skill and passion.

Stay Blessed

[Ray F]

Biglock: Your suggestion is already being worked by the MFCA Tweak writing staff. We plan to offer a regular column dedicated to “The Legends” of Miniature Football. You bring up two names already being researched. Thanks, Ray F.

[Shabby J]

Awesome idea Biglock! May they rest in peace, you know they are looking down smiling whenever they hear that familiar buzzing sound.

I like this and I am glad it's being done in the Tweak.

It will be 8yrs in June the passing of Dirk Thomas , Think about him all the time the road trips the playing and just being a friend . His memory will live on for ever as long as we keep playing and meeting new people . Befor there was decals it was Dirk painted teams he was the Best . I was showing some of his painted teams to Mike Jones and John Martin last night . Living in Akron Ohio with the best painter was a dream come true , had so meny teams i can't even to begin to tell you all of them .

I know this " LEGENDS OF MINIATURE FOOTBALL " will be Great just like the one's that passed on.



Pat Morris

[MplsTom]

I also miss the Doc. I was fortunate enough to meet him about a year before he passed away. I was in England on a business trip and came over a couple days early to get on the vibraturf with the famous Doc.

When I arrived in England, I found out that Doc was in the hospital. So I thought my train ride out to his city would be a hospital visit rather than a scrimmage.

When I arrived at his train station, I called and they let him out of the hospital for a few hours to be able to play some EF. We had a great time. I brought my Badgers and we did some scrimmaging.

I remember his rule set was more along the lines of Anthony's system with multi stops to, as he put it, "read the queues and adjust". He also had a sack rule where the defensive end didn't have to hit the QB, instead if they raced past a certain yard line before the QB turned off the switch, it was a sack.

He was very knowledgeable about football and I remember seeing pictures of him and Bill Cowher in his living room, among other football dignitaries.

We ended the day by going to McDonalds with his lovely wife and beautiful daughter. Then it was back to the hospital for Doc...leaving me with some wonderful memories. Rest in Peace Doc!!

One thing that made me smile was the site below...when looking at naming a baby, the name "Doc Smeby" is listed under famous "Docs" that are no longer with us.

http://gpeters.com/names/baby-names....fresh&name=Doc

I never met Dirk Thomas. He passed away a couple of months before I came on the scene. However I've heard a lot about the man from people like Patrick Morris, Jayboy Combs, and Reg Rutledge. Though I've never met Dirk I was invited to his house by Joyce Rogers (Dirk's better half), met various Akron coaches from the league Dirk founded, and played against Tony Mckinstry (Dirk's cousin) and Little Reggie (Dirk's Grandson).

The Akron league treated D.C. and myself respectfully and showed us great hospitality. I'd like to think the kindness and courtesy that was extended to us was a direct result of Dirk's influence. Because of the people that were closest to Dirk, I feel like I come to know the man himself.

We were very honored to be in the home where such greatness resided, and where his legacy still lives on through his family and friends.

Peace,

Don Smith

[WEIRDWOLF]

I just added Doc's 67 Time Warp League to the league links at www.miniaturefootball.org

Originally Posted by Biglock

At one of the big tourneys or events i would love to see a tribute to those hobbyists who have passed on. Its up to us to keep EF/MF alive as well as the memory of those who impacted the hobby with their knowledge, skill and passion.

Stay Blessed

Lock,

Is this something you'd be willing to help make happen? If so, get in touch with me and let me know what you have in mind. Hopefully we won't give Jimbo a stroke.

Peace,

Don

no prob if we could get pics of all our fallen EF/MF BRotherS AND sisters. Im thinking we could do something at the banquet. Small but impacting. maybe projection screen shots a mention of the names of each person, with some music like NFL films kinda feel, and I wouldnt want it to be sad but a celebration of these great people. Hit me on friday Don im off we can plan