{"id":86,"date":"2019-07-18T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T19:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/?p=86"},"modified":"2023-11-15T18:23:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T00:23:21","slug":"tom-boskey-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/tom-boskey-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Boskey 75"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/boskey.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/boskey.jpg 381w, https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/boskey-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At Mendel: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All Catholic; All City, All State\nin Football at Linebacker. Captain, Football. Basketball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Noteworthy Lifetime Achievements: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Received Football Scholarship to\nIowa State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First 2-time Football Captain in\nIowa State History &#8211; 1977-1978. 4-year Letterman in Football. 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\nteam All Big 8 at Linebacker, Junior and Senior Years Led the Big 8 in\ninterceptions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Team All American\nas Linebacker in 1978. Played in the Peach. Hall of Fame, Hula and Japan Bowls.\nDrafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the 1979 free agent draft. Scrimmaged against\nthe Chicago Bears in 1979 and tackled the greatest running back to play the\ngame Walter Peyton! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spokesman for Fellowship of\nChristian Athletes and the Special Olympics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Quote: \u201c<\/strong>Mendel has a very positive effect on me. The teachers we\nhad at Mendel were second to none; from Mr. McClintock teaching me Biology, Mr.\nRayapan, teaching me trigonometry. Before Mendel, I had competed against Black\nathletes, but never played on the same team with Black athletes. My experiences\nat Mendel taught me to love my fellow man no matter if they were Black,\nHispanic, or Asian. Mendel helped me to shed my stereotypes. I have Black\nfriends today from Mendel who I would take a bullet for if given the chance!\nMendel was a wonderful experience for me because it taught me discipline\u2026.the\nsame discipline that I employ in life today. I am honored and humbled. I thank\nyou and God Bless you\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Mendel: All Catholic; All City, All State in Football at Linebacker. Captain, Football. Basketball. Noteworthy Lifetime Achievements: Received Football Scholarship to Iowa State University First 2-time Football Captain in Iowa State History &#8211; 1977-1978. 4-year Letterman in Football. 2nd team All Big 8 at Linebacker, Junior and Senior Years Led the Big 8 in interceptions. 2nd Team All American &#8230; <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/tom-boskey-75\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hall-of-fame","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mendelchs.org\/hof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}