Sacco Sez: Floyd Little still leading after more than 50 years

Miles

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There is a statue of Little at Syracuse University, his alma mater, which he attended despite being personally recruited to attend West Point by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.


Floyd attended Syracuse in large part because he had given his word that he would do so to the great Syracuse player Ernie Davis.


Davis passed away before he could have his own pro career, and to Floyd Little, his word was bond.


Truly, we have never had another like him, a single player carrying the hopes and dreams of a time zone on his back when the Broncos were the first major league team in the Mile High City.


He led by example and left big footprints for all those who would follow.


"You don't just do one thing, then stop, and say you have done enough," he said.


"You keep doing, and maybe what you are doing will change, but hopefully others will observe you and follow along, in their own paths, and all of society is elevated by these actions."


Floyd Little already has an honorary doctorate from Syracuse, and it is so fitting that DU should give such as award to one of its most accomplished and favorite sons.


The sun never sets on the leadership that Floyd provides for generations of youth, Broncos and NFL players in general.


Congrats to The Franchise on continuing to show everyone the way more than 50 years after that great moment for Denver when you first signed that Broncos contract.
 
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