Sunday, November 18, 2007

Eulogy for Nolan focuses on coachs love of family ESPN

com Video TV Listings ESPNdeportes. Dick Nolan s kids knew and appreciated that side of him too. So for levity out came a reminder of the toughness. You never saw the belt. Nolan then pulled off the belt around his waist and snapped it several times smiling throughout his theatrics. That wasn t planned Nolan said. But it sure helped me out. Dick Nolan died last Sunday following a long bout with Alzheimer s disease and prostate cancer. He was and had been spent several months in an assisted living facility near his longtime home. I never saw my father rude or unappreciative in all my life. He was a gentleman in every sense of the word. He was always willing to lend a helping hand or a word of encouragement. Nolan ended his playing career for Landry on the Dallas Cowboys then broke into coaching on his staff. His final season was having worked his final two years under Jimmy Johnson. Football was almost a side note during Saturday s service. Speakers rem! embered him mostly as a loyal husband father and friend. Dick did strive to be happy. He loved much and is being loved much the Rev. Anh Tran said after reading the poem Desiderata. Mike Nolan was picked by his siblings to deliver the eulogy. He opened by asking everyone to think of their own moment with his father worth celebrating. C mon help me out here. He was a great role model for each one of us how to work play or love Nolan said. He said his mother recently had asked whether her husband still remembered her. No Dick Nolan told his wife. But wherever you go I m going to go with you. Mike Nolan choked up before telling that story again snapping the belt to try helping compose himself. Meet the other side of the Pats coach. Watch Kicks are booming and records are falling. This year punters and kickers have put the foot back in football.

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