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07-09-2012, 03:58 AM
Steelers fan, 10, is Pro Football HOF's nine millionth visitor
By Lisa Reicosky
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Jul 08, 2012 @ 03:23 PM
CANTON — It was both luck and a 10-year-old boy’s enthusiasm for a high-speed revolving door that made Alex Duff of York, Pa., the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s nine millionth visitor.
Duff and his parents, Kristen and Bob Duff, and brother, Joshua, 14, visited the hall a little after 1 p.m. Sunday.
The enthusiastic Pittsburgh Steelers fan made a beeline for the museum’s new spinning entrance and was greeted with the news.
“I was shocked! I thought, ‘Is this real?’ ” said Alex. “Turns out, because I wanted to be in a revolving door, I got to be the nine millionth visitor!”
Read More:http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/hall_of_fame/x1446676088/10-year-old-Steelers-fan-is-the-Pro-Football-Hall-of-Fame-s-nine-millionth-visitor
By Lisa Reicosky
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Jul 08, 2012 @ 03:23 PM
CANTON — It was both luck and a 10-year-old boy’s enthusiasm for a high-speed revolving door that made Alex Duff of York, Pa., the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s nine millionth visitor.
Duff and his parents, Kristen and Bob Duff, and brother, Joshua, 14, visited the hall a little after 1 p.m. Sunday.
The enthusiastic Pittsburgh Steelers fan made a beeline for the museum’s new spinning entrance and was greeted with the news.
“I was shocked! I thought, ‘Is this real?’ ” said Alex. “Turns out, because I wanted to be in a revolving door, I got to be the nine millionth visitor!”
Read More:http://www.cantonrep.com/sports/hall_of_fame/x1446676088/10-year-old-Steelers-fan-is-the-Pro-Football-Hall-of-Fame-s-nine-millionth-visitor