Tiger Legacy: Stories of Massillon Football
By David Foster and Gary Harwood
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David Foster
Dom David Foster is a Benedictine monk of Downside Abbey, where he was Prior and Novice Master, as well as Chaplain of Downside School. He now teaches in the Benedictine College of Sant' Anselmo in Rome.
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Tiger Legacy - David Foster
GENERATIONS
In Massillon, football is a cradle-to-grave tradition that is woven into every phase of life.
For decades, members of the Tiger Football Booster Club have visited maternity wards to place mini footballs in the bassinets of baby boys born to parents from Massillon.
Many from Massillon describe their earliest and most compelling memories as those associated with Tiger football traditions. They remember the first time they went to a game. They remember youth leagues and football games in the backyard or on the hill,
an area overlooking Paul Brown Tiger Stadium. Young boys have practiced passing and catching on the hill for generations, picturing themselves one day playing in a stadium packed with thousands of cheering fans.
Many of the young men who play football for the Tigers today are the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons of former players.
The same families have been sitting in reserved stadium seats for decades. Season tickets are passed on to the next generation, and debates about who gets the season tickets have been known to be included in property settlements and divorce proceedings. Senior citizens who can no longer attend the games gather around the radio in their orange and black to enjoy the games together.
For the most faithful fans, Tiger memories and memorabilia are part of their calling hours, and caskets with an image of Obie, the Massillon Tigers’ mascot, are available. Like the bassinet footballs, the Obie caskets reflect the significance of Tiger football to generations of Massillon people.
BASSINET FOOTBALLS
Michelle Del Rio-Keller, Massillon mom
It’s a big thing in Massillon for baby boys to receive a football in the bassinet. As a girl who never had that embellishment, and as a mother who found out I was having a boy, it was exciting for me.
MY BOYS
Karla Marsh, Tiger Mom
When my boys were younger, they’d be out in the yard playing football, and they would yell, Mom, you’re gonna hear, ‘Marsh in for the Tiger touchdown’ over the speaker.
Jared was the backup kicker and he loved it. He loved being part of the family. I think that’s what I’ll miss the most, because that kept him dedicated.
Right now we’re working on getting Trent trained to be a kicker. He’s 10 and he wants to do what his older brother did. He looks up to all these guys so much. He knows all their