Lynn Shackelford,
I first saw Dave when he played for U of D
He was a great basketball and baseball player.
One of my favorite stories about Dave had to do with a fellow member of GCGC and Westhampton named George, who was known to wager, on a few things.
One day after being drubbed by Dave, he insisted that given a 10-20 yard headstart that he could beat Dave in a 100 yard dash. Dave thought about it for a few seconds and then stated, that he thought that George didn't have an athletic bone in his body, and that he could run backwards and beat George in a 100 yard dash. George was insulted, accepted the offer, and doubled the bet. The race was set up, 100 yards...... the whistle blew, and Dave beat him by a mile.
After the race, as George was mumbling how he couldn't understand how Dave could beat him by running backwards, when he was running normally, Dave said, "George, I've been running backwards all my life...... on defense, against the greatest basketball players in the world".
That's when the light bulb lit up in George's head,
he'd forgotten that little, but important fact.
Dave was always exceedingly nice to me, and I'm saddened that he passed away at a relatively young age.
It's a reminder, that we should take care of our families, tend to our business, and then play as much golf as we can.