[HORNET]

Met “ The Preacher “ back when he would go around to new pool clubs starting up, helping and giving pointers!

[lawgolfer]

Originally Posted by MacScuba

Out of the 150,000 people in The Villages, are there any noteworthy residents from sports, entertainment, etc? Just wondering...
Not looking for joke answers. A serious question.

Joe Rudi, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and a key player for the Oakland A's World Series victories in 1972, 73, and 74 moved to TV three years ago. He is an amateur radio operator known to all the other operators.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Robojo

As this is a lower middle class retirement community I doubt it.

Don't sell yourself so short...

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by lawgolfer

Joe Rudi, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and a key player for the Oakland A's World Series victories in 1972, 73, and 74 moved to TV three years ago. He is an amateur radio operator known to all the other operators.

Unfortunately, Joe never made it to the Boston Red Sox, despite Charlie Finley selling him and Rollie Fingers to the Bosox, in 1976.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I walked by Nancy Lopez and her husband on the Spanish Springs Town square during a Market Day. Believe he is a retired MLB player.

Ray Knight... Most notably playing for the Reds & Mets, Finishing his career with the Orioles.

He then became a sportscaster for MASN, who broadcasted games for the Orioles and Nats...

[almondz]

I hear Larry Nassar lives at Coleman prison.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Gary Corsair wrote an article about me back in 2007 or so for The Villages Daily Sun. It was about my efforts to get the Florida Victim Services Directory linked to Villages' area library webpages. Part of my 224 613 Project that I had been working on since mid-1991 but had not acquired those two numbers until late 1992.

Gary Corsair lived near the Villages and wrote a few books. One of these is about the Groveland Four. The other is about history of high school basketball in this area of Florida.

This was around Memorial Day of 2007. I would sometimes run into his wife and their dog at Doggie Doo Run Run before they moved north.

I met a number of people with connections to the rich and famous at that dog park like a man who worked high up in a certain house, a man whose daughter is listed rather prominently in credits for Saving Private Ryan, a NYC retired labor lawyer, a retired DC patent lawyer, etc.

[Inexes@aol.com]

As a Home Health Care RN in TV, I had the incredible privilege of signing up a gentlemen who was a retired Tuskegee Airman. A true celebrity in my mind. A man willing to risk his life for our country.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Inexes@aol.com

As a Home Health Care RN in TV, I had the incredible privilege of signing up a gentlemen who was a retired Tuskegee Airman. A true celebrity in my mind. A man willing to risk his life for our country.

You have that right.

[elevatorman]

Rennie Stennett Lived here at one time he has since passed. Played 2nd base for Pittsburgh. On September 16, 1975, Stennett became the only player in the 20th century to have seven hits in seven at bats in a nine-inning game, as Pittsburgh routed the Cubs, 22–0

[Joe C.]

Other notable personalities:

Al Cohol
Lauren Order
Gerri Tol
Bubba Liscious
Bobbi Pinz

[Ken D.]

Originally Posted by almondz

I hear Larry Nassar lives at Coleman prison.

Should have shared a cell with Whitey Bulger during his stay.

[SHIBUMI]

SHIBUMI does........ the famous golf swing whisperer.........retired

as well as Richard Jay author of Golf Murder Mysteries.... Breaking the Rules.... on Amazon

Originally Posted by MacScuba

Out of the 150,000 people in The Villages, are there any noteworthy residents from sports, entertainment, etc? Just wondering...
Not looking for joke answers. A serious question.

[Lulusl]

David Bromsted(sp) from HGTV has his parents here.

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I know some of the posters over the almost 17 years I have been on Talk of the Villages think I am a legend in my own mind.

I think the term they used was a 'bag of air' but I think they were messing around with you.