Debbie Schlussel: Debbie Does Sports: Separated @ Birth?--Heisman Trophy Winner Sam Bradford & . . .
. . . Heisman Trophy Winner Jim Plunkett? My friend, Brett Winterble of Covert Radio Show, thinks so. And, check it out, he's right--there is a resemblance. Plunkett is of Hispanic heritage (and possibly Native American, as was claimed in some reports, but is in dispute--the NYTimes still claims Plunkett is). Sam Bradford, who won the Heisman over the weekend, is a Native American, or as I call it, American Indian--a Cherokee.
When I was in high school in the mid-'80s, our family was vacationed at "The Ranch at McCormick Inn" at Scottsdale, Arizona, and Jim Plunkett was staying there, too. We found this out because my sisters and I inadvertently splashed him from the pool. People said to us: Do you know who you just splashed? We didn't. But he was a nice guy about it and even signed footballs. It was right after he and his Raiders teammates won the Superbowl. And I can see the resemblance (Bradford is on the left):
Posted by Debbie on December 15, 2008 04:07 PM to Debbie Schlussel