![]() ![]() Swann was selected in the first round of the 1974 NFL draft. Our company presented him with a college football player-of-the-year award. ![]() I got to know Swann in 1973, when I worked at the Victoria Station restaurant chain. “What was his name?” he asked as he walked away. Then he was called into the blood-drawing room. Lynn Swann holds the Victoria Station award and the USC MVP trophy at the USC Awards Banquet in 1973. The other man said he had played football as well, but I couldn’t hear where.Ī few minutes later, I said to the USC guy, “I had a buddy who played for SC. The USC guy said, “I’m here because I played football for 25 years my knees are screwed up.” Another man approached him, and they started talking about college football. I entered my name on the clipboard and took the last available chair. I’m guessing the average age was 65-plus. Not so there were eight people wearing masks who had already signed in, sitting in socially distanced chairs waiting to be summoned to the front desk to sign paperwork. I figured by arriving before 7 a.m., I’d be one of the first persons in line. My doctor recently texted me, saying I was six months past due and encouraged me to come in to see how my body was holding up. I’m here voluntarily to have my blood drawn for my six-month routine health exam.ĭue to the pandemic, I skipped my June 2020 visit. With the pandemic kicking up its ugly heels again, aren’t people supposed to be staying home?Īnd the last place people should be voluntarily visiting is a medical facility. 1 as I entered the Mission Medical Plaza on Crown Valley Parkway. “Why am I here?” I thought to myself on Dec. ![]()
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