"A friend of mine used to call me Joey U for Unitas. I also admired Roberto Clemente. Those two were my heroes. I never watch a baseball game on TV unless Clemente or Rich Allen is playing. I always watch a game is pitching."
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Quoted in "Sidelights on Sports" by Al Abrams, in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (January 24, 1969).
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