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	1LT Bob Kalsu
		Kalsu's widow, Jan Kalsu McLauchlin, was on hand to accept the honor along with the couple's two children, Jill Horning, 32, and Bob Jr., 30.
		Bob Kalsu Jr., who wore his father's jersey during the ceremony, was born two days after his father was killed by mortar fire on July 21, 1970.
		Kalsu -- who is a native of Oklahoma City and was an All-American tackle at the University of Oklahoma -- was an eighth-round pick of Buffalo in 1968 and was voted the team's top rookie following the 1968 season.
	www.landscaper.net /kalsu.htm (738 words)

	Bob Jones University - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Bob Jones University (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is a Christian university in Greenville, South Carolina, and was founded in 1927 by Bob Jones, Sr., an evangelist and revival-preacher.
		Bob Jones, Jr., son of the founder, had an interest in art depicting scenes from the Bible, especially those which had a highly illustrative nature rather than those relying on symbols.
		Since mainstream biological scientists generally prefer the theory of evolution as an explanation of biological diversity, this embrace of creationism is likely one of the major reasons that the BJU biology department has chosen to forego accreditation until recently.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Bob-Jones-University.html (2377 words)

	News-Star OnlineSooner war hero honored 08/03/02
		Bob Kalsu, a former Oklahoma All-American and the only pro football player killed while serving during the Vietnam War, is being honored by a U.S. Army post in Kentucky.
		NORMAN (AP) -- Bob Kalsu, a former Oklahoma All-American and the only pro football player killed while serving during the Vietnam War, is being honored by a U.S. Army post in Kentucky.
		Kalsu, who grew up in Del City, was an All-American in 1967 and was an eighth-round draft pick of the Bills.
	www.news-star.com /stories/080302/col_30.shtml (336 words)

	Bob Kalsu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bob Kalsu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		At home in Oklahoma City, his wife gave birth to his son, James Robert Kalsu Jr., on 23 July.
		Kalsu was informed of her husband's death only hours later.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bo/bob_kalsu.htm (181 words)

	To Stop An Arc of Violence
		It's a war in which U.S. troops remain upbeat, even as support deteriorates back home; in which the appearance of stability in much of Iraq is shattered by spasms of hideous violence; in which U.S. military strategy is confounded by Iraq's political disarray.
		Flying into Kalsu Base, the Black Hawk helicopter skims over the southern part of Anbar province, which is home to the Sunni insurgency.
		Kalsu Base was set up back in May 2003 to protect the main convoy route to Baghdad, which was already beginning to come under attack from the fledgling insurgency.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802107_pf.html (715 words)

	ESPN.com - Some choose country over football
		Bob Kalsu, conversely, had just one year of NFL seniority when he opted not to contest his call-up to active service after his 1968 rookie season with the Buffalo Bills.
		At a time when it was acceptable for professional athletes to defer military service, Kalsu felt obligated to honor the ROTC pledge that had been as much a part of his life at the University of Oklahoma as had his All-American role on the football team.
		And so Kalsu left his pregnant wife and young daughter to fulfill what he deemed to be a responsibility he could not ignore.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1387154&type=columnist (1035 words)

	James Kalsu, 1LT, Army, Oklahoma City OK, 21Jul70 08W038 - The Virtual Wall®
		Bob Kalsu is the only professional football player to have died in the Vietnam War.
		Bob Kalsu was an All-America tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round draft pick by Buffalo in 1968.
		Kalsu was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame on 13 April 2000.
	www.virtualwall.org /dk/KalsuJR01a.htm (1378 words)

	Bills honor Kalsu for his sacrifice: 11/13/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Bob Kalsu -- the only professional football player killed in the Vietnam War -- was added to the Buffalo Bills' Wall of Fame in a ceremony held before Buffalo's game yesterday against Chicago.
		Kalsu's widow, Jan Kalsu McLaughlin, was on hand to accept the honor along with the couple's two children, Jill Horning, 32, and Bob Jr., 30.
		Kalsu McLaughlin said that the Bills not only paid tribute to her late husband on Sunday, but all of those who lost their lives in Vietnam.
	www.s-t.com /daily/11-00/11-13-00/c06sp101.htm (221 words)

	Buffalo Bills
		Bob Kalsu came to the Bills in the eighth-round of the 1968 draft, and was named the team's Rookie of the Year after starting on the offensive line nine games that season.
		However, Kalsu's ROTC obligation required him to report to the Army for active duty on March 29, 1969, and went to serve his country in the Vietnam War.
		After over a year of service, Kalsu was killed on July 21, 1970 by mortar fire while defending Ripcord Base on an isolated jungle mountaintop near Vietnam’s Ashau Valley, making the Oklahoma native the only pro football player to be killed in action in Vietnam.
	www.buffalobills.com /history/history_feature.cfm?cont_id=61690 (224 words)

	Bills lineman Kalsu killed in '70 in Vietnam
		Kalsu was killed by mortar fire July 21, 1970, in Vietnam.
		Kalsu had been an All-American at Oklahoma, but some teams didn't draft him because they were wary of his ROTC commitment.
		There was talk that Kalsu should try to use his family status as a way to avoid service, but he said it was his duty to go.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/cardinals/tillman/0424kalsu0424.html (644 words)

	Buffalo Bills
		1st Lt. Bob Kalsu, an All American Lineman and Oklahoma Sooner team captain, ROTC cadet 1964-67, and Buffalo Bill 1968-69, was killed in action July 21, 1970 at Firebase Ripcord overlooking the A Shau Valley near the Demilitarized Zone, Vietnam.
		Kalsu was the only professional athlete killed in action in Vietnam.
		The Buffalo Bills retired Kalsu's jersey, 61, and honored him on their wall of fame at Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park NY in 2000.
	www.buffalobills.com /display_cont.jsp?cont_id=118921&print=yes (263 words)

	Kalsu's story touching and tragic: 8/3/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bob Kalsu never reached All-Pro status in the National Football League.
		But Kalsu quickly became somebody in his first AFL season by earning the team's Rookie of the Year award with his stellar play at guard.
		I sniffled when the young Bob revealed he had heard his father's voice asking him to have the first dance with his sister on her wedding day.
	www.s-t.com /daily/08-00/08-03-00/b01sp098.htm (704 words)

	djournal.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The younger Kalsu is still proud to know that the military so honored his father, who was killed in 1970 in Vietnam and was the only pro football player to die in the war.
		The elder Kalsu was All-America tackle at the University of Oklahoma and started for the Buffalo Bills in his rookie and only season.
		He was in ROTC at Oklahoma and elected to serve in the Army when he received draft papers, even though his NFL status could have earned him a deferment.
	www.djournal.com /pages/story.asp?ID=190761&pub=1&div=News (348 words)

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		Unlike previous wars when dozen of professional athletes died serving this country, many of the pros used their connections to secure appointment to a reserve or National Guard unit and largely sidestepped combat in Vietnam.
		Kalsu, of course, had those same types of connections and could have pursued assignment to a reserve unit.
		Kalsu, who was married and had a daughter, fought with a unit assigned to firebase Ripcord, a nondescript hilltop in the mountainous region of northern South Vietnam.
	www.the-messenger.com /articles/stories/200405/02/bryan_opinions.html (829 words)

	bob kalsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bob Kalsu (1945 - 1970) was an All-America tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round draft pick by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League in 1968.
		He played the entire season and was the Bills' team rookie-of-the-year.
		Kalsu article on the AFL Hall of Fame website
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /bob_kalsu.html (233 words)

	Billszone: 1970 Buffalo Bills - A Fallen Hero
		The team’s best young offensive line prospect, G Bob Kalsu, would not return home from his military commitment in Vietnam.
		Bob Kalsu had been an All-America tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round draft pick by Buffalo in 1968.
		Kalsu became the only active NFL player to become a casualty of the Vietnam War.
	www.billszone.com /mtlog/archives/2004/01/01/1970_buffalo_bills_a_fallen_hero.php (908 words)

	Death of Pat Tillman, football star turned soldier, hits admirers hard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One NFL player, Bob Kalsu, an offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills, died in Vietnam in 1970.
		Tillman's death brought Kalsu to mind for Rocky Bleier, who played one season for the Steelers before he was drafted to serve in the Army.
		Bob was married and had a child, but he chose to go into the Army.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04115/305833.stm (1335 words)

	Pat Tillman
		Cleveland Indians pitcher BOB FELLER became the first major leaguer to volunteer for active duty, enlisting in the Navy two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor engulfed America in the Second World War.
		Despite losing four years to the war, Bullet Bob won 266 games and struck out 2,581 batters during an exemplary 18-year career highlighted by a trio of no-hitters and a dozen one-hitters.
		BOB KALSU had just finished a stellar NFL rookie year when he chose to serve in Vietnam-and became the only U.S. pro athlete to die there.
	www.historicalmilitaria.com /Obituaries/Tillman.html (1146 words)

	A face to the war in Iraq and Afghanistan - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com
		And now, he is believed to be the first recently-active professional athlete to be killed in battle since Bob Kalsu of football’s Buffalo Bills was killed in Vietnam in July of 1970.
		Bob Kalsu was an All-America at Oklahoma and a field artillery commander in Vietnam who died in July, 1970.
		Bob Neighbors, a shortstop with the 1939 Washington Senators was a veteran flier of World War II.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/4818322 (802 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kalsu turned in his jersey just as he began his professional career with the NFL's Buffalo Bills.
		Kalsu died in July of 1970 -- the first NFL player to give his life in war.
		In the years that have passed, Kalsu has been honored in several ways, even appearing in Sports Illustrated (as pictured).
	www.officer.com /news/IBS/koco/news-2109483.html (170 words)

	Shaw recalls Kalsu in learning of Tillman's death - 04/24/04
		News of Tillman’s death prompted Shaw to recall Kalsu in an emotional response on Friday.
		A guard, Kalsu played at Oklahoma and was selected by Buffalo in the eighth round of the 1968 draft.
		Kalsu began fulfilling his ROTC obligations after his rookie season and was sent to Vietnam.
	www.detnews.com /2004/lions/0404/24/lions-132284.htm (336 words)

	Mitchell Chase: Pat Tillman ... everybody's All-American hero (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After losing both legs, he reportedly told medics, "Well, it looks like the Giants have lost a good end." He died that night and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
		At a time when most pro athletes were serving in the reserves, Kalsu refused that option when called to active duty during the Vietnam War.
		A first lieutenant with the 101st Airborne Division, Kalsu was killed by mortar fire on an isolated mountaintop near Vietnam's A Shau Valley in 1970.
	www.vheadline.com /printer_news.asp?id=20954 (576 words)

	Cleveland Browns - News Room - Browns to honor true hero Sunday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The other is Bob Kalsu, who played with the Buffalo Bills in the late 1960s.
		Kalsu was a name player at the time.
		He had played 17 years before the SI cover came out and had long since retired, whereas Kalsu had played only two years previous and would have still been in the NFL had not the Army called.
	www.clevelandbrowns.com /news_room/news/arts/3501.0.html (1583 words)

	Bob Kalsu - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Bob Kalsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bob Kalsu - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Bob Kalsu.
		Here you will find more informations about Bob Kalsu.
		The orginal Bob Kalsu article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Bob-Kalsu.html (250 words)

	As The Ball Bounces: Week 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Remember him: Fox’s tribute during the Super Bowl XXXVI pregame show to former Buffalo lineman Bob Kalsu was a five-diamond gem.
		Kalsu, who is believed to be the last active NFL player to die in wartime combat before Tillman, was killed in Vietnam in 1970 amidst a hail of mortar fire.
		Kalsu’s death carries more special meaning these days with the passing of Tillman.
	www.patsfans.com /stories/print_story.php?story_id=2512 (1036 words)

	Replies
		Keith Nolan's research, his comprehension of the political as well as the military actions, his careful concern for those who were there, and, most of all, his writing, are superb.
		Bob Kalsu played in the Oil Bowl between his last year of high school and his first year of college.
		The Brigade Colonel at the time of the dedication saw fit to honor this fallen hero with a respectful ceremony that included his wife and grown children.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/726718/replies?c=1 (1608 words)

	The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - Iraq's precarious 'Arc of Stability' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Talking to U.S. troops at a base near here, you come away with a sense of what the war looks like out in the killing zone and how hard it is to mesh U.S. strategy with the nightmarish reality of the Iraqi insurgency.
		It's a war where U.S. troops remain upbeat, even as support deteriorates back home; where the appearance of stability in much of Iraq is shattered by spasms of hideous violence; where U.S. military strategy is confounded by Iraq's political disarray.
		The Mississippi Rifles were just a few kilometers away, but light-years distant in terms of their ability to stop the appalling violence.
	www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=18899 (992 words)

	Sports Illustrated: "A True All-American" [Free Republic]
		One of the coaches at my high school who had played at OU with Bob Kalsu said after he was killed that he was going to be a star in the NFL, at least so far as offensive linemen go.
		Bob Kalsu played for my hometown team, the Buffalo Bills.
		If I had any input, I'd suggest that this award could be called the Bob Kalsu award and that something else "nice" could be done for the other guy.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b5722366ea7.htm (1557 words)

	Billszone: 1968 Buffalo Bills - The Darkest Season
		The Cincinnati Bengals claimed HB Bobby Burnett, OT Gary Bugenhagen, DT Rich Zecher, DB Charley King and C Bob Schmidt in the AFL expansion draft.
		RB "Mini" Max Anderson was selected in Rd 5 and the Bills found an outstanding OG from Nebraska, Bob Kalsu, in Rd 8.
		If the season wsasn't bad enough, Rookie bright spot G- Bob Kalsu left the team- as he was inducted into military service.
	www.billszone.com /mtlog/archives/2004/01/01/1968_buffalo_bills_the_darkest_season.php (997 words)

	Memorial Day was for all the Pat Tillmans (printable version)
		The plaque once stood in the Polo Grounds, in memory of the only major league player to die in combat in World War I. But it disappeared decades ago with the Polo Grounds, and is lost to history.
		Bob Kalsu is a name on the wall at the Vietnam Memorial.
		In 2000, the Bills inducted Kalsu into their Hall of Fame, and on that day James Robert Kalsu Jr.
	www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=72030 (595 words)

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