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03-25-2007, 10:49 AM
...In 1976, Steinbrenner hired Cassady as a conditioning coach for the Yankees, and he has worked for the organization ever since. When spring training is over, Cassady, who lives in suburban Tampa, helps out at the Yankees’ minor league complex, hitting grounders and assisting with the full-time staff.
“He’s tough, he’s honorable, and I value him both as a friend and as a special instructor,” Steinbrenner said through his spokesman, Howard Rubenstein. “I have the highest possible opinion of him. I’ve told him, ‘You should win a Heisman for being a great guy.’ ”
Of all the people in pinstripes, Cassady is probably the only one who remembers Steinbrenner, 76, as an assistant football coach at Northwestern and as a hurdler.
“You can look it up, he was an alternate to Harrison Dillard in the ’48
Olympics,” Cassady said, though Dillard did not qualify for the hurdles at the 1948 London Games. “He jumped hurdles. George is a darn good athlete...”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/sports/baseball/25cassady.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin
“He’s tough, he’s honorable, and I value him both as a friend and as a special instructor,” Steinbrenner said through his spokesman, Howard Rubenstein. “I have the highest possible opinion of him. I’ve told him, ‘You should win a Heisman for being a great guy.’ ”
Of all the people in pinstripes, Cassady is probably the only one who remembers Steinbrenner, 76, as an assistant football coach at Northwestern and as a hurdler.
“You can look it up, he was an alternate to Harrison Dillard in the ’48
Olympics,” Cassady said, though Dillard did not qualify for the hurdles at the 1948 London Games. “He jumped hurdles. George is a darn good athlete...”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/sports/baseball/25cassady.html?_r=1&ref=sports&oref=slogin