{"id":2643,"date":"2016-06-12T11:16:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T16:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2016-09-20T00:05:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T05:05:43","slug":"robert-kalsu-gave-the-extreme-sacrifice-for-his-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=2643","title":{"rendered":"Robert Kalsu gave the extreme sacrifice for his country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sports fans, please never forget what Bob Kalsu gave this country. He was the real deal regardless of your feelings toward politics and war. A person of worth gave of himself in a way that canot be matched. One of the men and women that\u00a0suffered the extreme sacrifice for his beliefs in this Nation.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
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Robert Kalsu,, played football at the University of Oklahoma.\u00a0 He went on to play in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills.\u00a0 Kalsu served his country in the United States Army and was killed-in-action in the Viet Nam war. He was the only NFL player to lose his life in that war. <\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Robert Kalsu, thank you.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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For\u00a0an extensive look at Robert Kalsu and his family:\u00a0 http:\/\/grantland.com\/features\/robert-mays-lifelong-sacrifices-made-kalsu-family\/<\/div>\n
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