I’m not a big sports fan… never have been. While my friends all collected baseball cards and played pick-up games of touch football, I collected models of spaceships and dinosaurs and read Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Martian series. But even I, a New York City kid, knew who Johnny Unitas was. I remember thinking that the Baltimore Colts’ helmet should have a sideways horseshoe to represent a “C” for “Colts” and the fact that it was oriented in a “U” shape must have been a tribute to their most illustrious team member.
As an adoptive Baltimorean, very aware of his contributions to this city — both in action and in symbolism — I mourn his passing.
