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Originally Posted by steve B
Wow, Joe Bellino is still around?
I used to go to his coffee shop. One day he was surrounded by old guys consoling him. I asked the counter person if he was ok, and they told me they'd been held up. He tackled the guy in the doorway, but the thief struggled free and ran off. As I left he was saying " when I tackled someone they used to stay tackled. "
Our shop moved, and I didn't know his place was closing. Wish I'd saved a couple donut bags.
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He is no longer with us, unfortunately. He passed away in 2019. I don’t have his own cover signed, just the Heisman one.