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Ride of a lifetime: DeCastro's path to Steelers an odd one
The Steelers almost never got a chance to leap as quickly as they did when David DeCastro, a tenacious, determined, tackle-mashing guard from Stanford, all but fell into their lap in the first round of the NFL draft.
In fact, the three years DeCastro spent as a starting All-Pac-10 Conference guard at Stanford almost never came about, either.
When he was 18 months old, DeCastro's parents moved back to their native South Africa because his father, Colin, wanted to pursue a law career in Cape Town, his hometown. Colin and his wife, Jennifer, had met when both were doing their undergraduate work at the University of Cape Town.
But, after five months, Jennifer, who received her masters degree from the University of Washington, received a job offer in Seattle. So the DeCastros moved back to the Pacific Northwest. And, for that, Stanford and the Steelers, are forever grateful...............
read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/...ne-633436/?p=0
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Re: Ride of a lifetime: DeCastro's path to Steelers an odd one
Good read,thanks for posting.
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Re: Ride of a lifetime: DeCastro's path to Steelers an odd one
"Native country of Africa" - that means he is African American.
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Re: Ride of a lifetime: DeCastro's path to Steelers an odd one
I wish they'd give him #52.
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