Random Acts Of Kindness

Here's a nice story involving a highly ranked PGA golfer (2) Phil Mickelson, my personal favorite, who the world would hear a lot more of if not for his good friend on the tour who seems to get most of the media attention since he wins 90% of the tournaments he plays in, that Tiger Woods guy..lol..

It happens to involve an old time NFL football player and hometown Chicagoan Conrad Dobler, once voted the NFL's dirtiest player, an offensive lineman for the St Louis Cardinals and an unfortunate accident involving his daughter. A fine read.

Mickelson manages goodwill ace:

The Columbus Dispatch :"Phil Mickelson wants to do what?


Considering that both men often feel misunderstood, it would not have surprised Conrad Dobler if the offer was some kind of mix-up."

Dobler, a former NFL offensive lineman, had never met Mickelson. Yet here was Mickelson's attorney, Glenn Cohen, calling to say the PGA Tour player wanted to pay for the college education of Dobler's daughter, Holli.

That was almost two years ago. Holli Dobler just completed her sophomore year with a 3.6 grade-point average at Miami University, where tuition/room and board costs $31,103 a year for out-of-state students.

To date, the Doblers and Mickelson still have never spoken. It is an act of kindness that mostly has gone unsaid. Until now. read more

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