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Have famous celebrity and VIP ever attended the Clemson.....
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Have famous celebrity and VIP ever attended the Clemson.....


Jun 17, 2013, 4:48 PM

football game?
I saw Bob Hope, Jayne Mansfield and Bill Murray.

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Jun 17, 2013, 4:52 PM

Tony Stewart was at Clemson vs. Wake last year @ wake tho.

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Jun 17, 2013, 4:55 PM

Nicklaus was there when his grandson played for FSU the other year and probably will be this year too

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I am there pretty much every home game.


Jun 17, 2013, 5:12 PM

;)

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"When I was young, I was sure of many things; now there are only two things of which I am sure: one is, that I am a miserable sinner; and the other, that Christ is an all-sufficient Saviour. He is well-taught who learns these two lessons." -John Newton


I literally ran into Tommy Lasorda behind the West Stands...


Jun 17, 2013, 5:13 PM

at a Clemson game about 10 years ago.

I said, "Hey, it's Tommy Lasorda."

He looked straight at me and replied, "Heyyyyy, it's meeeeee!"

We both started laughing.

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Jun 17, 2013, 7:10 PM

Mr. Lasorda played AA ball for the Greeneville spinners. He married a girl from there and has a lot of extended family still in the area.

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The BB field at St. Joseph's High in G'ville named for him***


Jun 17, 2013, 7:27 PM



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I literally ran into Strom Thurmond behind the North Stands


Jun 17, 2013, 7:59 PM [ in reply to I literally ran into Tommy Lasorda behind the West Stands... ]

in the early-mid 70s. He had what I assume was a bodyguard, who had him by the arm. I was maybe 13 or 14, and I sort of knew who he was, and I said "excuse me"; my father said to him something like "I appreciate the job you are doing for us", and he nodded and smiled as he was scurried away.

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You should have whispered,"I know about that daughter"


Jun 17, 2013, 8:47 PM

and slipped quietly back into the sea of orange....leaving the old man shaken and stunned.

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We all knew then, but he gave away so much free stuff we kept quiet !


Jun 17, 2013, 10:15 PM



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I've seen Tommy Lasorda at a home game.***


Jun 17, 2013, 5:13 PM



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Brad Brownell: Only Larry freaking Shyatt has a WORSE overall winning percentage among Clemson basketball coaches since 1975. Let that sink in. It's Larry Shyatt & then Brad Brownell.


Back in the 80s, when "Dyanasty" was a big hit on TV,


Jun 17, 2013, 5:46 PM

I was at a game with my parents. We sat right by the portal in the North stands, and my 60-something-yr old mother pointed to a guy walking up the steps from field level. "That looks like Bo Hopkins from Dynasty". I was focused on the game and didn't pay much attention. He got to the top of the steps and stopped, and she said "I think it's him!" It was between plays or a timeout or something and all was pretty quiet when my mother stood up and screamed like a schoolgirl "Bo, Bo, Bo,!!!". My father and I slumped down as far as we could. The guy looks at my mother, smiles, and motions for her to "come on down". It was indeed Bo Hopkins. My mother nearly broke her neck getting out and down the steps. He took her by the hand, put her arm in his, and disappeared thru the portal as people all around stood an applauded. They were gone for about 15 minutes, and she came back with an autograph and a story for life. She said they walked to the fence behind the stands, where a man handed him something thru the fence in a cup. She then realized he was seriously buzzed. Aside from that she said he was very polite and down to earth. He escorted her back to her seat, to another round of applause. I'm pretty sure we beat GT that day, but this made her day.

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I think Bo Hopkins is from Greenwood.***


Jun 17, 2013, 7:56 PM



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He was actually born in Greenville and lived here for a


Jun 17, 2013, 8:02 PM

while.

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Jun 17, 2013, 7:24 PM

I saw Emmitt Smith hang out on the side lines a few times when his brother Emory was playing for us.

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Jun 17, 2013, 7:30 PM

At the punt rookie game a rumor was going around the Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson came...probably was not true

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could have been true. Burt played football at FSU***


Jun 17, 2013, 7:37 PM



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he purchased new uniforms for them prior to one of our games


Jun 18, 2013, 4:54 PM

against them, not sure of the exact year.

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Saw Emmitt as well


Jun 17, 2013, 7:42 PM [ in reply to Re: Have famous celebrity and VIP ever attended the Clemson..... ]

I believe the only games he attended were away games - FSU and Georgia Tech.

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no, Emmit came to Death Valley. I know I saw him at least


Jun 17, 2013, 9:14 PM

once there.

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Re: no, Emmit came to Death Valley. I know I saw him at least


Jun 17, 2013, 9:23 PM

Emmit was at Death Valley several times to see his brother, Emory, play.

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my bad***


Jun 18, 2013, 11:01 AM [ in reply to no, Emmit came to Death Valley. I know I saw him at least ]



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I saw Emmitt in DV on the Clemson sideline


Jun 18, 2013, 1:48 PM [ in reply to Saw Emmitt as well ]

He was wearing a cowboy hat.

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Didn't Nixon come to a game once?***


Jun 17, 2013, 7:43 PM



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Jun 17, 2013, 8:39 PM

idk about that but Im sure a bunch of SC politicians come to games. I know Jeff Duncan is a big Clemson fan, not sure about Lindsey Graham.

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I saw Lindsey at a baseball game one time.


Jun 17, 2013, 10:54 PM

Short guy.

He did, however, speak at a patriotic service we had at our church on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. He made one comment that I thought was humorous. He said the only reason he went to SCU was because he didn't have the grades to get into Clemson.

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he takes his whole staff to a SCU game once a year...


Jun 18, 2013, 11:11 AM

don't know if that has anything to do with him being more of an SCU guy or not, but I do know his Chief of Staff was a big SCU fan.

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Danny Ford's there a good bit.***


Jun 17, 2013, 8:06 PM



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"I've played multiple sports and would bet any amount that I'm still more athletic than you at this present time...."


"You know that Jayne Mansfield had some big breasts."


Jun 17, 2013, 8:28 PM

-- Jerry Seinfeld

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Jun 18, 2013, 6:22 PM

nm

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Dolph Lundgren?


Jun 17, 2013, 8:30 PM

He supposedly took some graduate classes at CU.

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Tribble Reese***


Jun 17, 2013, 8:47 PM



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Jun 18, 2013, 2:52 PM

That's that wicked famous guy who can drive automatic and manual, right?

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George Rogers and Herschel walker both came to Clemson


Jun 17, 2013, 8:51 PM

However, neither of them were able to approach the fans in either end zone.

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George Burns***


Jun 17, 2013, 8:58 PM



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Red Skelton***


Jun 17, 2013, 9:12 PM



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Jun 17, 2013, 9:35 PM

Nikki Haley and Radio.

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Bill Murray is a


Jun 17, 2013, 9:41 PM

fan, right?

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Long Beach State coach George Allen***


Jun 17, 2013, 10:03 PM



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He was an Illini fan I think. "Heard" one of his kids


Jun 17, 2013, 10:25 PM [ in reply to Bill Murray is a ]

was thinking about attending Clemson. I know he had / has a vacation place in Charleston area.

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Granddaughter goes/went to Clemson.***


Jun 18, 2013, 10:16 PM



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There's something in these hills.


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Jun 17, 2013, 10:10 PM

Fritz Hollings

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David Letterman was there


Jun 17, 2013, 10:20 PM

When Ball State was in town a few years ago

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Radio***


Jun 18, 2013, 11:22 AM



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Bill Murray was sitting above us in the WEZ, 2011 WF game


Jun 18, 2013, 1:35 PM

Also, saw Joe Namath and Sting on the Tiger sidelines in the 80s.

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Emmit Smith (brother of Emory) visited the sideline a couple


Jun 18, 2013, 1:48 PM

of times in the mid 90's.

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Jun 18, 2013, 9:13 PM

I think that Bob Hope attended a game while he was in town for a show many years ago. I still have the program from that appearance...... somewhere.

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Jun 18, 2013, 9:21 PM

Jon Lester of the Boston Red Sox played minor league ball in Greenville for a couple seasons and like Tommy Lasorda, married a girl from the upstate area. He's become a pretty big Clemson fan, he was at the South Carolina game last fall.

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Astronaut Charlie Duke.***


Jun 18, 2013, 10:16 PM



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There's something in these hills.


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