Most notable

[1971demon]

OK....who's the most notable person you ever met....not just saw from a distance..but actually met..shook hands with....or was able to speak with...like Mother Teresa...Ronald Regan....John Wayne..the Pope....Mohammad Ali....Charles Manson..Paul McCartney..from famous...to infamous...who have you met....

 

[SilverBillet]

I met a few in person but no notable politicians. Lee Greenwood, Bill Russell, Jim Furyk, Sonny Jurgenson, Johnny Unitas and his son. Lee Greenwood, Sonny Jurgenson and Johnny Unitas were all fairly friendly. I also was specially invited into the Detroit locker room before a game in Pittsburgh when I was 16 or 17 and met Gordie Howe and Andy Bathgate.

 

[John G.]

Senator Mitch McConnell, in his Senate Majority Leader office.

 

[BULL]

My 3 grandfather's, WWII combat vets

Dad's side, Pearl Harbor survivor, plank owner
Mom's side, P-38 driver, 2 kills, 2 probables
Step-grandfather, fuel truck driver, burned when hit by artillery.

Nobody after that...

 

[Deano]

Andy and Dolly Granatelli. Jimmy Dean. Arthur Godfrey. Smokey Yunick. The McGuire Sisters. Vic Edelbrock Jr.

 

[drag racer]

Curt Schilling - friend and baseball teammate little league through high school.

 

[Bobo]

No one that I can think of, actually the only person I would love to meet is Bruce Willis

 

[Hunter]

General Schwarzkopf.
Before he was famous.
I was out processing at Ft Ord, turning in my TA-50 and everything thing else and he was there also.
Very down to earth and normal (considering it was a 1 star general speaking to a Spec 4) at that time.

 

[DGatzby]

One afternoon my boss sent me to Washington with a check. John Barrasso thought I was nuts as I told him someday I think there will be a horrible simultaneous type of attack that I described to him. All the following showed up for a chat and dinner.

Rand Paul would not shut his mouth:

Barrasso-WY
Blunt-MO
Hoeven-ND
McConnell-TN
Moran-KS
Rand-KY
Thune-SD
Vitter-LA
Rep. Davies- MT

 

[1971demon]

I met a few in person but no notable politicians. Lee Greenwood, Bill Russell, Jim Furyk, Sonny Jurgenson, Johnny Unitas and his son. Lee Greenwood, Sonny Jurgenson and Johnny Unitas were all fairly friendly. I also was specially invited into the Detroit locker room before a game in Pittsburgh when I was 16 or 17 and met Gordie Howe and Andy Bathgate.

Impressive group..

 

[1971demon]

Impressive group..

My most notables....Vic Morrow (when I was a kid @ a telethon)...Linda Carter..(many times as she is a family friend)...and probably the one that impressed me the most...Jesse Owens,,,@ the NYS Jessie Owens invitational Junior Olympics in 1968...(where I won the state championship final)...@ 15..I could not fully appreciate the magnitude of the man that made Adolf Hitler leave the 1936 Olympics...who was now presenting me with my medal....an honor I will never forget...

 

[06SRT10NR]

On the acting side, when stationed at POM [across the bay from @Hunter , used to run into Clint E. in Pacific Grove every now and then, as well as downtown Monterrey and in Carmel. Did his own grocery shopping, at least a couple times. Always seemed to be in a friendly mood, but his limo driver was a different story.
Also spent a week putting together breakfast for batman [west], while he was filming a late-night cable program [I've long forgotten the title] at a place I wasworking. Pulled in some decent cash bringing small groups middle-aged women over to join him for a chat and a hug. Genuinely seemed to enjoy the attention, and didn't mind my making a few bucks on the side

On the political side, Strom Thurmond. He lived just across the river, maybe 12 miles away. Whenever he was in town he had a habit of visiting our local VA hospital and Army Med Center, wandering the halls talking to whoever he found, and when he heard something he didn't like, hospital administrators would get hauled in for grilling. Invited a group of us over to his place for BBQ on one of those trips [ran into us finishing up pre-deployment physicals]. Contrary to news reports, he didn't hide his "other family" from outsiders

 

[DGatzby]

I guess one other. It was funny and it was perhaps 25-30 hr ago. I was flying a bunch. Up in first class, next to this young lady coming out of Nashville or Memphis, to MN that kept showing me her ticket and asking questions. A pretty hot and young Pam Tillis. I recognized the name etc. but know nothing, nothing about country music except to recognize the name. Ha so I just don’t go there. Some small talk, I did help her get to her next gate in the MN airport. It was a good encounter.

 

[Jack_Toepfer]

Hulk Hogan. One of the more recognizable people on the planet. He was great to me and my kids. I’ve been lucky to meet dozens of the biggest names in professional wrestling over the years, my favorite being Dick “The Destroyer” Beyer (Doctor X), who was a friend of mine, and former coach.
DMX came to the restaurant I was working at one night, he was extremely popular in the late 90s early 2000s. Hung out with him for a bit.
Gerry Cohen was probably the wealthiest person I’ve had the pleasure to have dinner with, he was a great guy.

 

[Speedy!]

I got a bear hug from Goldberg <shrug>.

 

[1971demon]

I got a bear hug from Goldberg <shrug>.

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If you were any kinda hero...you woulda arm wrestled him

 

[Bowlerguy92]

I got a bear hug from Goldberg <shrug>.

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Better than a spear

 

[2ndAmend]

I was maybe 10y old, 1967 I think, 10 of the GB Packers came to CT and played a charity basketball game against, I can’t remember, either a local HS or college team. I met 8 of them and got their autographs on the program (which I haven’t seen since 1974). I specifically remember Jerry Cramer, Forrest Gregg, Doug Hart, and the unmistakable and unforgettable crazy man Ray Nitschke. They did not make much $ in those days, SB1 didn’t even sell out. I was much too young and stupid to know what was in front of me.

 

[1971demon]

I was maybe 10y old, 1967 I think, 10 of the GB Packers came to CT and played a charity basketball game against, I can’t remember, either a local HS or college team. I met 8 of them and got their autographs on the program (which I haven’t seen since 1974). I specifically remember Jerry Cramer, Forrest Gregg, Doug Hart, and the unmistakable and unforgettable crazy man Ray Nitschke. They did not make much $ in those days, SB1 didn’t even sell out. I was much too young and stupid to know what was in front of me.

broken bones couldn't keep Nitschke...out of a game....and yer right about the pay...most had to have a second front...just to put food on the table

 

[Speedy!]

If you were any kinda hero...you woulda arm wrestled him

I started to ask to hit a workout with him while we were there but never got the right opportunity lol.

Better than a spear

He threatened us with that SEVERAL times, no lie. Cool dude.